Lably
Skip to content

Haemosporidiasina

Subclass of single-celled organisms

  • 1 min read
  • 1 chapter

Related on Lably

Through Red blood cell

Taxonomy

Haemosporidiasina is divided into two orders:

Order Chromatorida (with pigmented intraerythrocytic parasites)

Suborder Laveraniina

  • Family Plasmodiidae
    • Genus Bioccala Landau et al 1984
    • Genus Biguetiella Landau et al 1984
    • Genus Billbraya Paperna & Landau 1990
    • Genus Dionisia Landau et al 1980
    • Genus Hepatocystis Miller 1908
    • Genus Mesnilium Misra, Haldar & Chakravarty 1972
    • Genus Nycteria Garnham and Heisch 1953
    • Genus Plasmodium Marchiafava & Celli 1885
    • Genus Polychromophilus Landau et al 1984
    • Genus Rayella Dasgupta 1967
    • Genus Saurocytozoon Lainson & Shaw 1969
    • Genus Vetufebrus Poinar 2011
  • Family Haemoproteidae
    • Genus Johnsprentia Landau, Chavatte & Beveridge 2012
    • Genus Haemocystidium Castellani and Willey 1904, emend. Telford 1996
    • Genus Haemoproteus Kruse 1890
    • Genus Paleohaemoproteus Poinar and Telford 2005
    • Genus Sprattiella Landau et al 2012

Order Achromatorida (with non-pigmented intraerythrocytic parasites)

Suborder Babesiina includes agents of piroplasmosis sensu stricto

  • Family Babesiidae This family excludes species that undergo schizogony in lymphocytes before parasitizing erythrocytes: such species belong to the genus Theileria
    • Genus Babesia Starcovici 1893
    • Genus Entopolypoides Mayer 1933
    • Genus Echinozoon Garnham 1951
    • Genus Microbabesia Sohns 1918
    • Genus Rangelia
    • Genus Tunetella Brumpt & Lavier 1935
  • Family Haemohormidiidae has several genera, including:
    • Genus Cardiosporidium Van Gaver & Stephan 1907
    • Genus Cristalloidophora Porchet 1978
    • Genus Dobellia Brumpt 1913
    • Genus Echinococcidium Brasil 1902
    • Genus Globidiellum Eisen 1895
    • Genus Haemohormidium Léger & Duboscq 1910
    • Genus Joyeuxella Brasil 1902
    • Genus Rhabdospora Landau, Boulard & Houin 1969
    • Genus Sauroplasma Starcovici 1893
    • Genus Spermatobium Garnham 1951
    • Genus Toxocystis Henry 1910
    • Genus Trophosphaera du Toit 1938

Suborder Theileriina includes parasites of erythrocytes and diverse white blood cells with sexual reproduction by exoerythrocytic or by exo- and endoerythrocytic schizogony.

  • Family Theileriidae du Toit 1918
    • Genus Theileria Bettencourt, Franca and Borges 1907
  • Family Leucocytozoidae Fallis and Bennett 1961
    • Genus Leucocytozoon
  • Family Garniidae Lainson, Landau and Shaw 1971
    • Genus Fallisia
    • Genus Garnia
    • Genus Progarnia

More in Biology