Piroplasmea

Taxonavigation

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Diaphoretickes
Cladus: Tsar
Cladus: Sar
Infraregnum: Alveolata
Phylum: Myzozoa
Subphylum: Apicomplexa
Infraphylum: Sporozoa
Ordo: Piroplasmatida

Name

Piroplasmea Levine, J. Protozool. 8: 449 (1961) (“Piroplasmasida”)

Synonyms

Piroplasmia Levine, J. Protozool. 27: 45 (1980), pro subcl.

References

• Levine, N.D. 1988. The Protozoan phylum Apicomplexa. 2 Volumes. Boca Raton: CRC Press. [e-book 2018]. Vol. 1, 218 pp. DOI: 10.1201/9781351076104 Vol 2, 168 pp. DOI: 10.1201/9781351076111. Reference page. 

Honigberg et al. (1964)

In Phylum Sporozoa, Subphylum Sarcomastigophora, Superclass Sarcodina
Class Piroplasmea
Order Piroplasmida

Cavalier-Smith (1993)

• Cavalier-Smith, T. 1993. Kingdom Protozoa and its 18 phyla. Microbiological Reviews 57(4): 953–994. DOI: 10.1128/mr.57.4.953-994.1993 . PMID: 8302218 . Reference page. 

In Phylum Apicomplexa, Subphylum Gamontozoa, Infraphylum Hematozoa
Class Piroplasmea Wenyon, 1926 stat. nov. Levine, 1971