Sporozoans are characterized by:
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Correct answer: Possessing a spore-like infectious stage in their life cycle
Sporozoans, such as Plasmodium (the malarial parasite), are characterized by having an infectious spore-like stage in their life cycle. All sporozoans are parasitic and lack specialized locomotory organelles in the adult stage.
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