| Piroplasmida | |
|---|---|
| |
| Babesia sp. | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Clade: | Diaphoretickes |
| Clade: | SAR |
| Clade: | Alveolata |
| Phylum: | Apicomplexa |
| Class: | Aconoidasida |
| Order: | Piroplasmida |
| Families and genera | |
| Piroplasmida phylogeny (mtDNA)[2] |
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]
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- ^ Schreeg, ME; Marr, HS; Tarigo, JL; Cohn, LA; Bird, DM; Scholl, EH; Levy, MG; Wiegmann, BM; Birkenheuer, AJ (2016). "Mitochondrial Genome Sequences and Structures Aid in the Resolution of Piroplasmida phylogeny". PLOS ONE. 11 (11): e0165702. Bibcode:2016PLoSO..1165702S. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0165702. PMC 5104439. PMID 27832128.
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- ^ Rudzinska MA, Spielman A, Lewengrub S, Trager W, Piesman J (May 1983). "Sexuality in piroplasms as revealed by electron microscopy in Babesia microti". Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 80 (10): 2966–70. Bibcode:1983PNAS...80.2966R. doi:10.1073/pnas.80.10.2966. PMC 393954. PMID 6574467.
- ^ "Definition: Theileriidae from Online Medical Dictionary". ncl.ac.uk. Retrieved 1 January 2019.
- ^ "Theleriosis: The causal organism and life cycle". animaldiseases.org. Archived from the original on 18 November 2007. Retrieved 1 January 2019.