Progarnia archosauriae

Progarnia archosauriae
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Clade:	Diaphoretickes
Clade:	SAR
Clade:	Alveolata
Phylum:	Apicomplexa
Class:	Aconoidasida
Order:	Haemospororida
Family:	Garniidae
Genus:	Progarnia
Species:	P. archosauriae
Binomial name
Progarnia archosauriae Lainson, 1995

Progarnia archosauriae is a blood parasite belonging to the phylum Apicomplexa, family Garniidae. It was first described in the spectacled caiman (Caiman crocodilus crocodilus), a member of Archosauria: Crocodilia. The parasite undergoes merogony and gametogony primarily in leukocytes and thrombocytes, occasionally invading erythrocytes without producing malarial pigment. Its characteristics suggest evolutionary links between reptilian and avian haemosporines.[1][2][3]

References

1. Lainson, R. (June 1995). "Progarnia archosauriae nov. gen., nov. sp. (Haemosporina: Garniidae), a blood parasite of Caiman crocodilus crocodilus (Archosauria: Crocodilia), and comments on the evolution of reptilian and avian haemosporines". Parasitology. 110 (5): 513–519. doi:10.1017/S0031182000065227. ISSN 1469-8161.
2. Lainson, R. (June 1995). "Progarnia archosauriae nov. gen., nov. sp. (Haemosporina: Garniidae), a blood parasite of Caiman crocodilus crocodilus (Archosauria: Crocodilia), and comments on the evolution of reptilian and avian haemosporines". Parasitology. 110 (5): 513–519. doi:10.1017/S0031182000065227. ISSN 1469-8161.
3. https://patua.iec.gov.br/items/71a5477e-eb24-4015-bb3f-88dd85c9ba98. Accessed 22 Dec, 2024