Babesiosoma
Appearance
Babesiosoma | |
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Scientific 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 |
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
[edit]The genus was created in 1956 by Jakowski and Nigrelli.[1]
Seven species have been recognised in this genus.[2][3][4]
References
[edit]- ^Jakowska S, Nigrelli RF (1956)Some protozoan diseases of man and animals: Anaplasmosis, Babesiosis, and Toxoplasmosis. Annal NY Acad Sci 64, 112–127
- ^Misra KK, Haldar DP, Chakravarty MM (1969)Babesiosoma ophicephalin. sp. from the freshwater teleostOphicephalus punctatusBloch. J Protozool 16(3):446-449
- ^Negm-Eldin MM (1998) Life cycle, host restriction and longevity ofBabesiosoma mariaeHOARE, 1930 (Apicomplexa: Dactylosomatidae). Dtsch Tierarztl Wochenschr 105(10):367-374
- ^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