Biguetiella

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Biguetiella
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Domain: Eukaryota
(unranked): Diaphoretickes
Clade: SAR
Infrakingdom: Alveolata
Phylum: Apicomplexa
Class: Aconoidasida
Order: Haemospororida
Family: Plasmodiidae
Genus: Biguetiella
Landau et al., 1984
Species

The type species of this genus is Biguetiella minuta.

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Taxonomy

The genus was described by Landau et al. in 1984. [1]

Description

Biguetiella has small intra-hepatocytic schizonts (< 15 micrometres).

Hosts

The only known host of these parasites is the intermediate roundleaf bat ( Hipposideros larvatus ).

Distribution

These parasites are found in Thailand.

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Alain Chabaud

Alain Chabaud was a French parasitologist, mainly a specialist of nematodes and sporozoa. He was the Director of the Laboratoire de Zoologie (Vers) in the Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle in Paris from 1960 to 1989. He was one of the founders of the Société Française de Parasitologie in 1962 and its president until 1975, and president of the Société zoologique de France in 1967.

References

  1. Landau I., Baccam D., Ratanaworabhan N., Yenbutra S., Boulard Y., Chabaud A.G. (1984) New Haemoproteidae parasites of Chiroptera in Thailand. Ann. Parasitol. Hum. Comp. 59(5):437-447