Piroplasmida
Order of parasites in phylum Apicomplexa, vertebrate hosts, tick and leech vectors / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Piroplasmida is an order of parasites in the phylum Apicomplexa.[3][4] They divide by binary fission and as sporozoan parasites they possess sexual and asexual phases (sexual reproduction occurs in the tick gut[5]). They include the tick parasites Babesia and Theileria.[6][7]
Quick Facts Scientific classification, Families and genera ...
Piroplasmida | |
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Babesia sp. | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Clade: | Diaphoretickes |
Clade: | SAR |
Clade: | Alveolata |
Phylum: | Apicomplexa |
Class: | Aconoidasida |
Order: | Piroplasmida |
Families and genera | |
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Piroplasmida phylogeny (mtDNA)[2] | |||||||||||||||
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