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Last uploaded: March 22, 2026
Id http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/D014351
http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/D014351
Preferred Name

Trypanosomatina

Definitions
A suborder of monoflagellate parasitic protozoa that lives in the blood and tissues of man and animals. Representative genera include: Blastocrithidia, Leptomonas, CRITHIDIA, Herpetomonas, LEISHMANIA, Phytomonas, and TRYPANOSOMA. Species of this suborder may exist in two or more morphologic stages formerly named after genera exemplifying these forms - amastigote (LEISHMANIA), choanomastigote (CRITHIDIA), promastigote (Leptomonas), opisthomastigote (Herpetomonas), epimastigote (Blastocrithidia), and trypomastigote (TRYPANOSOMA).
Synonyms
Trypanosomatidae
Leptomona
Herpetomonas
Blastocrithidias
Leptomonas
Blastocrithidia
Trypanosomatinas
Herpetomona
Type http://www.w3.org/2002/07/owl#Class
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