Although
polar rings and
rhoptries are present other typical Apicomplexian features including
conoid,
flagella,
oocysts,
sporocysts and
pseudocysts are absent. The species parasitises
erythrocytes. It is
heteroxenous with
merogony and
gamogony in the vertebrate host. Fertilization and sporogony in the invertebrate host.
Meronts: These occur in erythrocytes. 5-32 merozoites are produced by budding.
Gamonts: These are spheroid or ovoid. == References ==