Dactylosoma | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Clade: | Diaphoretickes |
Clade: | SAR |
Clade: | Alveolata |
Phylum: | Apicomplexa |
Class: | Conoidasida |
Order: | Eucoccidiorida |
Family: | Dactylosomatidae |
Genus: | Dactylosoma Labbé, 1894 |
Species | |
Dactylosoma hannesi |
Dactylosoma is a genus of parasitic alveolates of the phylum Apicomplexa.[1]
Species in this genus have two hosts in their life cycle: the vertebrate host is a fish or amphibian (possibly also reptiles) and the invertebrate host is a glossiphoniid leech (Glossiphoniidae).