Piroplasmida

Piroplasmida
	Babesia sp.
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Clade:	Diaphoretickes
Clade:	SAR
Clade:	Alveolata
Phylum:	Apicomplexa
Class:	Aconoidasida
Order:	Piroplasmida
Families and genera
	incertae sedis Anthemosoma; Babesia microti; ; Babesiidae Babesia; Echinozoon; Entopolypoides; ; Dactylosomatidae Dactylosoma; Haemohormidium; ; Theileriidae Haematoxenus; Sauroplasma; Theileria; ;

Piroplasmida is an order of parasites in the phylum Apicomplexa. They divide by binary fission and as sporozoan parasites they possess sexual and asexual phases (sexual reproduction occurs in the tick gut). They include the tick parasites Babesia and Theileria.

Piroplasmida phylogeny (mtDNA)

Babesia conradae

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