Haemoproteidae

Haemoproteidae
Haemoproteus ilanpapernai
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Clade: Diaphoretickes
Clade: SAR
Clade: Alveolata
Phylum: Apicomplexa
Class: Aconoidasida
Order: Chromatorida
Suborder: Laveraniina
Family: Haemoproteidae
Genera
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The Haemoproteidae are a family of parasitic alveolates in the phylum Apicomplexa.[1]

The species in this family produce pigment and do not have an asexual cycle in the blood.

  1. ^ Euzéby J (1988) Comparative Medical Protozoology, Vol. 3: Apicomplexa, 2: Haemosporidioses, Part 1: Plasmodiids, Haemoproteids, Piroplasms (general characters