Desseria

Desseria is a genus of parasitic alveolates belonging the phylum Apicomplexa. The genus was described in 1995.^[1] The species in this genus were previous considered to belong to the genus Haemogregarina.

Desseria
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Clade:	Sar
Clade:	Alveolata
Phylum:	Apicomplexa
Class:	Conoidasida
Order:	Eucoccidiorida
Suborder:	Adeleorina
Family:	Haemogregarinidae
Genus:	Desseria

The species in this genus infect fish. Approximately 40 species are recognised in this genus currently.

Host records

• Desseria acanthoclini Laird 1953 - Acanthoclinus quadridactylus.
• Desseria acipenseri Nawrotsky 1914 - Acipenser ruthenis.
• Desseria aeglefini Henry 1913 - Gadus morhua, Melanogrammus aeglefinus, Pollachius virens, Urophysis species
• Desseria anarhichadis Henry 1912 - Anarhichas lupus
• Desseria bettencourti Franca 1908 - Anguilla species
• Desseria bothi Lebailly 1905 - Bothus rhombus
• Desseria brevoortiae Saunders 1964 - Brevoortia tyrannus
• Desseria carpionis Franchini & Siani, 1923 - Cyprinus carpio
• Desseria catostomi Becker 1962 - Catostomus species
• Desseria colisa Mandal et al 1983 - Colisa fasciatus
• Desseria cotti Brumpt & Lebailly 1904 - Cottus species
• Desseria cyprini Smirnova 1971 - Cyprinus carpio
• Desseria dakarensis Leger & Leger, 1920 - Diagramma mediterraneum
• Desseria dasyatis Saunders 1958 - Dasyatis americanus
• Desseria esocis Nawrotsky 1914 - Esox species
• Desseria flesi Lebailly 1904 - Flesus vulgaris
• Desseria fragilis Fantham 1930 - Blennius cornutus
• Desseria gilbertia Mackerras & Mackerras 1925 - Ellerkeldia species
• Desseria gobionis Franchini & Siani 1923 - Gobio fluviatilis
• Desseria heterodonti von Prowazek 1910 - Heterodontus japonicus
• Desseria irkalukpiki Laird 1961 - Salvelinus species
• Desseria laternae Lebailly 1904 - Platophrys laternae
• Desseria lepidosirensis Jepps 1927 - Lepidosiren paradoxa
• Desseria leptocotti Hill & Hendrickson 1991 - Leptocottus armatus, Sebastes melanops
• Desseria londoni Yakimov & Kohl-Yakimov 1912 - Blennius trigloides
• Desseria mavori Laird & Bullock 1969 - Macrozoarces americanus
• Desseria moringa Pessoa & de Biasi 1975 - Gymnothorax moringa
• Desseria mugili Carini 1932 - Mugil species, Awaous ocellaris, Stenogobius genivittatus
• Desseria myoxocephali Fantham et al 1942 - Euhirudinea, Malmiana scorpii, Myoxocephalus species
• Desseria nili Wenyon 1909 - Ophriocephalus obscurus
• Desseria ninakohlyakimovae Yakimov 1916 - Barbus species
• Desseria nototheniiae Barber et al 1987 - Notothenia species
• Desseria parasiluri Bykhovskaya-Pavlovskaya et al 1962 - Parasilurus asotus
• Desseria platessae Lebailly, 1904 - Trinectes maculatus, Glyptocephalus cynoglossus, Paralichthys dentatus, Pleuronectes platessa, Pseudopleuronectes americanus, Scopthalmus aquosus
• Desseria rovignensis Minchin & Woodcock 1910 - Trigla lineata.
• Desseria rubrimarensis Saunders, 1960 - Acanthurus species, Chlorus species, Scarus species
• Desseria salvelini Fantham et al 1942 - Salvelinus fontinalis
• Desseria thyrosoideae de Mello & Valles 1936 - Thyrosoidea macrurus
• Desseria tilapiae LŽger & LŽger 1914 - Tilapia lata
• Desseria torpedinis Neumann 1909 - Torpedo species
• Desseria turkestanica Yakimov & Shorkhor 1917 - Silurus species

Synonyms

• Desseria acipenseri - Leucocytogregarina species Perekropov 1928
• Desseria aeglefini - Haemogregarina urophysis Fantham, Porter & Richardson 1942
• Desseria anarhichadis - Haemogregarina anarrhichabis Henry 1912
• Desseria cotti - Haemogregarina cotti Bauer 1948; H. baueri Becker 1968
• Desseria lepidosirensis - Haemogregarina bertoni Shouten 1941
• Desseria leptocotti - Haemogregarina reolofsi Hill & Hendrickson 1991
• Desseria ninakohlyakimovae - Haemogregarina ninakohlyakimovae Yakimov 1916, Wenyon 1926 emend. Levine 1985; Leucocytogregarina ninae kohl-yakimovae Yakimov 1916; L. ninae kohl-yakimovi Yakimov 1917; Leucocytozoon ninae kohl-yakimovae Yakimov 1917; Hepatozoon ninae kohl-yakimoff Yakimov 1916, Bykhovskaya-Pavlovskaya et al 1962
• Desseria platessae - Haemogregarina achiri Saunders 1955
• Desseria torpedinis - Haemogregarina lobianci Kohl-Yakimov & Yakimov 1912