The Haemoproteidae are a family of parasitic
alveolates
The alveolates (meaning "pitted like a honeycomb") are a group of protists, considered a major clade and superphylum within Eukarya. They are currently grouped with the stramenopiles and Rhizaria among the protists with tubulocristate mitochond ...
in the
phylum Apicomplexa
The Apicomplexa (also called Apicomplexia) are a large phylum of parasitic alveolates. Most of them possess a unique form of organelle that comprises a type of non-photosynthetic plastid called an apicoplast, and an apical complex structure. Th ...
.
[Euzéby J (1988) Comparative Medical Protozoology, Vol. 3: Apicomplexa, 2: Haemosporidioses, Part 1: Plasmodiids, Haemoproteids, Piroplasms (general characters]
The species in this family produce pigment and do not have an asexual cycle in the
blood
Blood is a body fluid in the circulatory system of humans and other vertebrates that delivers necessary substances such as nutrients and oxygen to the cells, and transports metabolic waste products away from those same cells. Blood in the cir ...
.
Taxonomy
The genera in this family are:
* Genus ''
Johnsprentia''
Landau, Chavatte & Beveridge, 2012
* Genus ''
Haemocystidium''
Castellani and Willey, 1904, emend. Telford, 1996
* Genus ''
Haemoproteus
''Haemoproteus'' is a genus of alveolates that are parasitic in birds, reptiles and amphibians. Its name is derived from Greek: ''Haima'', "blood", and ''Proteus'', a sea god who had the power of assuming different shapes. The name ''Haemoprot ...
''
Kruse, 1890
** Subgenus ''Parahaemoproteus''
Bennett ''et al.'', 1965
** Subgenus ''Haemoproteus''
* Genus ''
Paleohaemoproteus''
Poinar and Telford, 2005
* Genus ''
Sprattiella''
Landau ''et al.'', 2012
References
Haemosporida
Apicomplexa families
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