Step | Features and family | |
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1 (4) | Merogony takes place in blood cells (Fig. 1c–f) | |
2 (3) | Malarial pigment (hemozoin) is present in blood stages (Fig. 1a–c) | |
…………………………………………… Plasmodiidaea | ||
3 (2) | Malarial pigment (hemozoin) is absent from blood stages (Fig. 1d–f) | |
…………………………………………… Garniidaeb | ||
4 (1) | Merogony (Fig. 1c–f) does not take place in blood cells. Only gametocytes (Fig. 1g–i) present in blood cells | |
5 (6) | Malarial pigment (hemozoin) is present in blood stages (Fig. 1a, b, g) | |
…………………………………………… Haemoproteidaec | ||
6 (5) | Malarial pigment (hemozoin) is absent from blood stages (Fig. 1h, i) | |
…………………………………………… Leucocytozoidaed |