Asiamoeba

Asiamoeba
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
(unranked): Sar
(unranked): Alveolata
Phylum: Apicomplexa
Class: Aconoidasida
Order: Haemosporida
Family: Plasmodiidae
Genus: Plasmodium
Subgenus: Asiamoeba
Species

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Asiamoeba is a subgenus of the genus Plasmodium - all of which are parasitic protozoa. The subgenus was created by Telford in 1988. Species in this subgenus infect lizards.

Diagnostic features

Species in the subgenus Asiamoeba have the following characteristics:

The schizonts and gametocytes are greatly disparate in size (4 to 15 times).

Species in this subgenus

References


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