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Description:
Perkinsus (purr-kins-us) is an apicomplexan cell. Most apicomplexa are internal parasites and the group[ includes the causative agent for malaria. Perkinsus is distinctive because it has a free-swimming flagellated stage. This is used to disperse and find new hosts (molluscs), which it attacks penetrating into the tissues. Cyst. Differential interference contrast.
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- Life (creatures)
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- Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
- SAR (Stramenopiles, Alveolates, Rhizaria)
- Alveolata (alveolates)
- Perkinsea
- Perkinsida
- Perkinsidae
- Perkinsus
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