Trypanosomatidae
Translingual
Etymology
Trypanosoma + -idae
Proper noun
Trypanosomatidae
- A taxonomic family within the order Trypanosomatida – parasites of insects that also have vertebrates as secondary hosts, some species causing sleeping sickness, Chagas disease and leishmaniasis in humans.
Hypernyms
- (family): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Protozoa - kingdom; Eozoa - subkingdom; Euglenozoa - infrakingdom; Euglenozoa - phylum - phylum; Saccostoma - subphylum; Kinetoplastea - class; Trypanosomatida - order
Hyponyms
- (family): Blastocrithidia, Crithidia, Endotrypanum, Herpetomonas, Leishmania, Leptomonas, Paleotrypanosoma, Phytomonas, Trypanosoma, Wallaceina - genera
References
- Trypanosomatidae at National Center for Biotechnology Information
- Trypanosomatidae at World Register of Marine Species
- Trypanosomatidae at Encyclopedia of Life
- Trypanosomatidae at the Tree of Life Web Project
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