Plasmodium clelandi
Appearance
Plasmodium clelandi | |
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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. clelandi
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Binomial name | |
Plasmodium clelandi Manawadu, 1972
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Plasmodium clelandi is a parasite of the genus Plasmodium subgenus Carinamoeba.
Like all Plasmodium species P. clelandi has both vertebrate and insect hosts. The vertebrate hosts for this parasite are reptiles.
Description
[edit]This species was described by Manawadu in 1972.[1] It was named after the eminent cardio-thoracic surgeon William Paton Cleland.
Distribution
[edit]This species occurs in Sri Lanka.
Hosts
[edit]This species infects the Bengal monitor lizard (Varanus bengalensis) and land monitor lizard (Varanus cepedianus).
References
[edit]- ^ Manawanu B.R. (1972) A new saurian malaria parasite Plasmodium clelandi sp. n. from Ceylon. J. Euk. Micro. 19 (4) 587–589.