Desseria

Desseria
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Clade: Diaphoretickes
Clade: SAR
Clade: Alveolata
Phylum: Apicomplexa
Class: Conoidasida
Order: Eucoccidiorida
Suborder: Adeleorina
Family: Haemogregarinidae
Genus: Desseria

Desseria is a genus of parasitic alveolates belonging the phylum Apicomplexa. The genus was described in 1995.[1] The species in this genus were previous considered to belong to the genus Haemogregarina.

The species in this genus infect fish. Approximately 40 species are recognised in this genus currently.

Host records

Synonyms

  • Desseria acipenseri - Leucocytogregarina species Perekropov 1928
  • Desseria aeglefini - Haemogregarina urophysis Fantham, Porter & Richardson 1942
  • Desseria anarhichadis - Haemogregarina anarrhichabis Henry 1912
  • Desseria cotti - Haemogregarina cotti Bauer 1948; H. baueri Becker 1968
  • Desseria lepidosirensis - Haemogregarina bertoni Shouten 1941
  • Desseria leptocotti - Haemogregarina reolofsi Hill & Hendrickson 1991
  • Desseria ninakohlyakimovae - Haemogregarina ninakohlyakimovae Yakimov 1916, Wenyon 1926 emend. Levine 1985; Leucocytogregarina ninae kohl-yakimovae Yakimov 1916; L. ninae kohl-yakimovi Yakimov 1917; Leucocytozoon ninae kohl-yakimovae Yakimov 1917; Hepatozoon ninae kohl-yakimoff Yakimov 1916, Bykhovskaya-Pavlovskaya et al 1962
  • Desseria platessae - Haemogregarina achiri Saunders 1955
  • Desseria torpedinis - Haemogregarina lobianci Kohl-Yakimov & Yakimov 1912

References

  1. ^ Siddall ME (1995) Phylogeny of adeleid blood parasites with a partial systematic revision of the haemogregarine complex. J Eukaryot Microbiol 42(2):116-125


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