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Asiamoeba

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Asiamoeba
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Clade: Diaphoretickes
Clade: SAR
Clade: Alveolata
Phylum: Apicomplexa
Class: Aconoidasida
Order: Haemospororida
Family: Plasmodiidae
Genus: Plasmodium
Subgenus: Asiamoeba
Telford, 1988
Species

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Asiamoeba is a subgenus of the genus Plasmodium - all of which are parasitic unicellular eukaryotes. The subgenus was created by Telford in 1988. Species in this subgenus infect lizards.[citation needed]

Diagnostic features

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Species in the subgenus Asiamoeba have the following characteristics:[citation needed]

The schizonts and gametocytes are greatly disparate in size (4 to 15 times).

Species in this subgenus

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