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.

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

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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