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 Jakowska and Nigrelli, 1956 |
Species | |
Babesiosoma bettencourti |
Babesiosoma is a genus of parasitic alveolates in the phylum Apicomplexia.
They have two hosts in their life cycle: the vertebrate hosts are fish and the invertebrate vectors are leeches.
This genus has been poorly studied and little is known about it.