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Table9. 1 ProvisionalClassificationoftheProtozoaMentionedintheText

Phylum

&Subphylum

Class Order Genus

Metamonada Diplomonadea Diplomonadida Giardia

Enteromonadida Enteromonas

Retortamonadida Chilomastix,

Retortamonas

Axostylata Parabasalea Trichomonadia Trichomonas,

Pentatrichomonas,

Dientamoeba

Euglenozoa

&Kinetoplasta Trypanosomatidea Trypanosomatida Trypanosoma,

Leishmania

Amoebozoa Lobosea Amoebida Entamoeba,

Iodamoeba,

Endolimax,

Acanthamoeba,

Hartmanella,

Balamuthia

Heterolobosa Schizopyrenidea Schizopyrenida Naegleria

Alveolata

&Apicomlexa Coccidea Eimeriida Toxoplasma,

Isospora,

Cyclospora,

Sarcocystis,

Cryptosporidium

Haematozoa Haemosporida Plasmodium

Piroplasmea Piroplasmida Babesia

&Ciliophora Litostomatea Vestibuliferida Balantidium

Microspora^1 Microsporea Microsporida Brachiola,

Encephalitozoon,

Enterocytozoon,

Microsporidium,

Nosema,Vittaforma

Pleistophorida Pleistophora,

Trachipleistophora

Incerta^2 Blastocystis

(^1) Closelyrelatedtofungi. (^2) Taxonomyuncertain.
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