Phylogeny of adeleid blood parasites with a partial systematic revision of the haemogregarine complex.
The phylogenetic relationships of taxa representative of blood parasitic adeleids were investigated in a cladistic analysis. Two phylogenetic analyses were performed. Monophyly of species of Haemogregarina (sensu lato) of some marine fishes with species of Haemogregarina (sensu stricto) was not supported in either analysis. A new genus, Desseria n.g., was created to accommodate these species. The historical burden placed on the genus Haemogregarina Danilewsky, 1885 as a repository for poorly known and inadequately described species is partially relieved through taxonomic revisions involving the genera Haemogregarina, and Desseria n.g.
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Department of Zoology, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
D000818:Animals; D001769:Blood / Q000469:parasitology; D005399:Fishes / Q000469:parasitology*; D010802:Phylogeny; D016792:Piroplasmida / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification; D011897:Random Allocation; D013045:Species Specificity