Cyrilia is a genus of parasitic alveolates in the phylum Apicomplexa. The genus was created by Lainson in 1981. Species in this genus infect fresh water fish and are transmitted by leeches.
Cyrilia | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Clade: | Diaphoretickes |
Clade: | SAR |
Clade: | Alveolata |
Phylum: | Apicomplexa |
Class: | Conoidasida |
Order: | Eucoccidiorida |
Family: | Haemogregarinidae |
Genus: | Cyrilia Lainson, 1981 |
Species | |
Cyrilia gomesi Neiva & Pinto 1926 |
Host relations
edit- C. nili - African catfish (Clarias lazera), Nile tilapia (Tilapia nilotica)
Vectors
edit- C. nili - African fish leech (Batracobdelloides tricarinata Blanchard 1897)
References
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