protozoal classification
Last reviewed 01/2018
Protozoa are classified into three phylla, with subdivision as follows:
- sarcomastigophora
- sarcodindia - amoebiae
- mastigophora
- intestinal - giardia
- genital - trichomonas
- blood and tissues - trypanosoma and leishmania
- ampicomplexa - sporozoa
- blood - plasmodium species
- tissues - toxoplasma
- intestine - cryptosporidium (þ lung - pneumocystis has recently been reclassified as a fungus)
- ciliophora