Entopolypoides
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| Entopolypoides | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Clade: | Diaphoretickes |
| Clade: | SAR |
| Clade: | Alveolata |
| Phylum: | Apicomplexa |
| Class: | Aconoidasida |
| Order: | Piroplasmida |
| Family: | Babesiidae |
| Genus: | Entopolypoides Mayer, 1933 |
| Species | |
Entopolypoides is a genus of parasites belonging to the phylum Apicomplexa.
The type species (Entopolypoides macaci) was described by Mayer in 1934 in a Macaca irus monkey from Java.[1]
Description
Young parasites are delicate rings with a large vacuole but the more mature parasites have several fine long processes.
After three days in the erythrocyte the parasite divides into four. There is no synchronicity of division.
