Adeleorina

Adeleorina is a suborder of Apicomplexa.^[1]

Blood parasites belonging to the suborder Adeleorina are collectively known as haemogregarines. Currently their sister group is thought to be the piroplasms.

Suborder Adeleorina has ~400 species and has been organised into four large and 4 small genera.

The larger genera are:

• family Haemogregarinidae - taxon created by Neveu-Lemaire in 1901

genera:

• Haemogregarina - taxon created by Danilewsky in 1885
• Cyrilia - taxon created by Lainson in 1981

• family Karyolysidae - taxon created by Wenyon in 1926

genera:

• Karyolysus - taxon created by Labbe in 1894

• family Hepatozoidae - taxon created by Wenyon in 1926

genera:

• Hepatozoon - taxon created by Miller in 1908

The smaller genera are :

• Hemolivia - taxon created by Petit et al. in 1990
• Desseria - taxon created by Siddall in 1995

• family Dactylosomatidae

genera:

• Dactylosoma
• Babesiosoma

Notes:

Species of the genus Desseria infect fish and lack erythrocytic merogony.

The species of the genera Dactylosoma and Babesiosoma infect fish and reptiles. Leeches are the only known vectors for these species and their vertebrate hosts are aquatic.

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