Hepatozoon cevapii is a species of alveolates protists known to infect snake species such as Crotalus durissus terrificus (rattlesnake).[1]
Hepatozoon cevapii | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Clade: | Diaphoretickes |
Clade: | SAR |
Clade: | Alveolata |
Phylum: | Apicomplexa |
Class: | Conoidasida |
Order: | Eucoccidiorida |
Family: | Hepatozoidae |
Genus: | Hepatozoon |
Species: | H. cevapii
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Binomial name | |
Hepatozoon cevapii O’Dwyer et al., 2013[1]
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References
edit- ^ a b O’Dwyer, Lucia Helena; Moço, Tatiana Cristina; Paduan, Karina dos Santos; Spenassatto, Carine; da Silva, Reinaldo José; Ribolla, Paulo Eduardo Martins (2013). "Description of three new species of Hepatozoon (Apicomplexa, Hepatozoidae) from Rattlesnakes (Crotalus durissus terrificus) based on molecular, morphometric and morphologic characters". Experimental Parasitology. 135 (2): 200–207. doi:10.1016/j.exppara.2013.06.019. PMID 23867148.