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Chromatorida

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Chromatorida
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Clade: Diaphoretickes
Clade: TSAR
Clade: SAR
Clade: Alveolata
Phylum: Apicomplexa
Class: Aconoidasida
Order: Chromatorida
Euzéby, 1988

Chromatorida is an order of pigmented intraerythrocytic parasitic alveolates erected by Jacques Euzéby in 1988.[1]

It has one suborder - Laveraniina with two families - Plasmodiidae and Haemoproteidae.

References

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