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.

Taxonomy

The genera in this family are:

  • Genus Johnsprentia Landau, Chavatte & Beveridge, 2012 [2]
  • Genus Haemocystidium Castellani and Willey, 1904, emend. Telford, 1996
  • Genus Haemoproteus Kruse, 1890 [3][4]
    • Subgenus Parahaemoproteus Bennett et al., 1965
    • Subgenus Haemoproteus
  • Genus Paleohaemoproteus Poinar and Telford, 2005
  • Genus Sprattiella Landau et al., 2012 [5]

References

  1. ↑ Euzéby J (1988) Comparative Medical Protozoology, Vol. 3: Apicomplexa, 2: Haemosporidioses, Part 1: Plasmodiids, Haemoproteids, Piroplasms (general characters
  2. ↑ Landau I., Chavatte J.M. & Beveridge I. Johnsprentia copemani gen. nov., sp. nov. (Haemoproteidae), a parasite of the flying-fox, Pteropus alecto (Pteropodidae), from Queensland. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum, 2012, 56, 61–66.
  3. ↑ Karadjian, G.; Puech, MP.; Duval, L.; Chavatte, JM.; Snounou, G.; Landau, I. (2013). "Haemoproteus syrnii in Strix aluco from France: morphology, stages of sporogony in a hippoboscid fly, molecular characterization and discussion on the identification of Haemoproteus species". Parasite. 20: 32. doi:10.1051/parasite/2013031. PMC 3771403. PMID 24029169.
  4. ↑ Karadjian, G.; Martinsen, E.; Duval, L.; Chavatte, JM.; Landau, I. (2014). "Haemoproteus ilanpapernai n. sp. (Apicomplexa, Haemoproteidae) in Strix seloputo from Singapore: morphological description and reassignment of molecular data". Parasite. 21: 17. doi:10.1051/parasite/2014018. PMC 3996868. PMID 24759652.
  5. ↑ Landau, I.; Chavatte, J.M.; Karadjian, G.; Chabaud, A.; Beveridge, I. (2012). "The haemosporidian parasites of bats with description of Sprattiella alecto gen. nov., sp. nov". Parasite. 19 (2): 137–146. doi:10.1051/parasite/2012192137. ISSN 1252-607X. PMC 3671437. PMID 22550624.


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