Piroplasms (order Piroplasmida) are protozoan parasite of the phylum Apicomplexa.[1][2] They divide by binary fission and as sporozoan parasites they possess sexual and asexual phases (sexual reproduction occurs in the tick gut[3]). They include the tick parasites Babesia and Theileria.[4][5].
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SAR: Chromalveolata: Alveolata |
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With a theca: Peridiniales ( Pfiesteria, Peridinium) · Gonyaulacales ( Ceratium, Gonyaulax) · Prorocentrales ( Prorocentrum) · Dinophysiales ( Dinophysis, Histioneis, Ornithocercus, Oxyphysis)
Without theca: Gymnodiniales (Gymnodinium, Akashiwo, Karenia, Karlodinium, Amphidinium) · Suessiales (Polarella, Symbiodinium)
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Syndiniales: Amoebophryaceae ( Amoebophyra) · Duboscquellaceae ( Duboscquella) · Syndiniaceae ( Hematodinium, Syndinium)
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