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Babesiosoma

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Babesiosoma
Scientific classificationEdit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Clade: Diaphoretickes
Clade: SAR
Clade: Alveolata
Phylum: Apicomplexa
Class: Conoidasida
Order: Eucoccidiorida
Family: Dactylosomatidae
Genus: Babesiosoma
Jakowski and Nigrelli, 1956
Species

Babesiosoma bettencourti
Babesiosoma jahni
Babesiosoma mariae
Babesiosoma ophicephali
Babesiosoma scombri
Babesiosoma stableri
Babesiosoma tetragonis

Babesiosomais agenusof parasiticalveolatesin thephylumApicomplexia.

They have two hosts in their life cycle: thevertebratehosts arefishand the invertebrate vectors areleeches.

This genus has been poorly studied and little is known about it.

History

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The genus was created in 1956 by Jakowski and Nigrelli.[1]

Seven species have been recognised in this genus.[2][3][4]

References

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  1. ^Jakowska S, Nigrelli RF (1956)Some protozoan diseases of man and animals: Anaplasmosis, Babesiosis, and Toxoplasmosis. Annal NY Acad Sci 64, 112–127
  2. ^Misra KK, Haldar DP, Chakravarty MM (1969)Babesiosoma ophicephalin. sp. from the freshwater teleostOphicephalus punctatusBloch. J Protozool 16(3):446-449
  3. ^Negm-Eldin MM (1998) Life cycle, host restriction and longevity ofBabesiosoma mariaeHOARE, 1930 (Apicomplexa: Dactylosomatidae). Dtsch Tierarztl Wochenschr 105(10):367-374
  4. ^Smit NJ, Van As JG, Davies AJ (2003) Observations onBabesiosoma mariae(Apicomplexa: Dactylosomatidae) from the Okavango Delta, Botswana. Folia Parasitol (Praha) 50(1):85-86