Crithidia fasciculata

Crithidia fasciculata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Phylum: Euglenozoa
Class: Kinetoplastea
Order: Trypanosomatida
Family: Trypanosomatidae
Genus: Crithidia
Species:
C. fasciculata
Binomial name
Crithidia fasciculata
Léger, 1902
Synonyms
  • Crithidia lesnei (L.Léger) A.G.Alexeieff 1912[1]
  • Crithidia luciliae (Strickland) F.G.Wallace & T.B.Clark 1959[2]
  • Herpetomonas lesnei L.Léger 1903
  • Herpetomonas luciliae Strickland 1911

Crithidia fasciculata is a species of parasitic excavates. C. fasciculata, like other species of Crithidia have a single host life cycle with insect host, in the case of C. fasciculata this is the mosquito. C. fasciculata have low host species specificity and can infect many species of mosquito.

  1. ^ Guiry MD, Guiry GM. "Crithidia luciliae (Strickland) F.G.Wallace & T.B.Clark'". AlgaeBase. Retrieved December 7, 2023.
  2. ^ Guiry MD, Guiry GM. "Crithidia fasciculata L.Léger". AlgaeBase. Retrieved December 7, 2023.