Babesiosoma

Babesiosoma is a genus of parasitic alveolates in the phylum Apicomplexia.

Babesiosoma
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Clade:	Diaphoretickes
Clade:	SAR
Clade:	Alveolata
Phylum:	Apicomplexa
Class:	Conoidasida
Order:	Eucoccidiorida
Family:	Dactylosomatidae
Genus:	Babesiosoma Jakowska and Nigrelli, 1956
Species
Babesiosoma bettencourti Babesiosoma jahni Babesiosoma mariae Babesiosoma ophicephali Babesiosoma scombri Babesiosoma stableri Babesiosoma tetragonis

They have two hosts in their life cycle: the vertebrate hosts are fish and the invertebrate vectors are leeches.

This genus has been poorly studied and little is known about it.

History

The genus was created in 1956 by Jakowska and Nigrelli.^[1]

Seven species have been recognised in this genus.^[2][3][4]

References

1. Jakowska S, Nigrelli RF (1956)Some protozoan diseases of man and animals: Anaplasmosis, Babesiosis, and Toxoplasmosis. Annal NY Acad Sci 64, 112–127
2. Misra KK, Haldar DP, Chakravarty MM (1969) Babesiosoma ophicephali n. sp. from the freshwater teleost Ophicephalus punctatus Bloch. J Protozool 16(3):446-449
3. Negm-Eldin MM (1998) Life cycle, host restriction and longevity of Babesiosoma mariae HOARE, 1930 (Apicomplexa: Dactylosomatidae). Dtsch Tierarztl Wochenschr 105(10):367-374
4. Smit NJ, Van As JG, Davies AJ (2003) Observations on Babesiosoma mariae (Apicomplexa: Dactylosomatidae) from the Okavango Delta, Botswana. Folia Parasitol (Praha) 50(1):85-86