Apicomplexan, also called sporozoan, any protozoan of the (typically) spore-producing phylum Apicomplexa, which is called by some authorities Sporozoa. ... Apicomplexans feed by absorbing either dissolved food ingested by the host (saprozoic nutrition) or the host's cytoplasm and body fluids.

How do Sporozoans move?

Motility. Unlike the adult/mature forms of some protozoa, sporozoans do not have flagella or cilia used for locomotion. For this reason, they depend on gliding, twisting, and bending to move.

How do Sporozoans pass from one host to another?

Typically, a host is infected by ingesting cysts, which divide to produce sporozoites that enter the host's cells. Eventually, the cells burst, releasing merozoites which infect new host cells.