Plasmodium cercopitheci
Appearance
Plasmodium cercopitheci | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Clade: | Diaphoretickes |
Clade: | SAR |
Clade: | Alveolata |
Phylum: | Apicomplexa |
Class: | Aconoidasida |
Order: | Haemospororida |
Family: | Plasmodiidae |
Genus: | Plasmodium |
Species: | P. cercopitheci
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Binomial name | |
Plasmodium cercopitheci Thieler, 1930
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Plasmodium cercopitheci is a parasite of the genus Plasmodium (subgenus Vinckeia) which infects the monkey Cercopithecis nictitans. The insect host of P. cercopitheci is unknown.
Taxonomy
[edit]The parasite was first described by Thieler in 1930.[1]
Hosts
[edit]The only known host for this species is the monkey Cercopithecis nictitans.[1]