Asiamoeba | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Clade: | Diaphoretickes |
Clade: | SAR |
Clade: | Alveolata |
Phylum: | Apicomplexa |
Class: | Aconoidasida |
Order: | Haemospororida |
Family: | Plasmodiidae |
Genus: | Plasmodium |
Subgenus: | Asiamoeba Telford, 1988 |
Species | |
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Asiamoeba is a subgenus of the genus Plasmodium - all of which are parasitic unicellular eukaryotes. The subgenus was created by Telford in 1988. Species in this subgenus infect lizards.[citation needed]
Diagnostic features
Species in the subgenus Asiamoeba have the following characteristics:[citation needed]
The schizonts and gametocytes are greatly disparate in size (4 to 15 times).
Species in this subgenus
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