The asexual stages parasitize all cells in the erythrocyte series.

Neither sexual nor asexual stages displace the host cell nucleus.

However, the asexual stage of F. pseudograminearum is a much simpler cycle that produces the most damage to the wheat.

In P. falciparum, gametocytes are produced from asexual stages.

All Dralasite go through male, female and asexual stages during their lives.

The asexual stages are irregular in shape and do not have a vacuole.

Deletion of this gene results in viable asexual stages.

Young gametocytes and the asexual stages almost always occupy marginal positions in host cells.

The host cells are not altered in either shape or size by the asexual stages of the parasite.

The class is divided into four orders which are distinguished by the presence or absence of various asexual and sexual stages: