Plasmodium cnemaspi
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Plasmodium cnemaspi | |
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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. cnemaspi
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Binomial name | |
Plasmodium cnemaspi Telford, 1984
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Plasmodium cnemaspi is a parasite of the genus Plasmodium subgenus Sauramoeba.
Like all Plasmodium species P. cnemaspi has both vertebrate and insect hosts. The vertebrate hosts for this parasite are lizards.
Description
[edit]The parasite was first described by Telford in 1984.[1]
Geographical occurrence
[edit]This species is found in the Uluguru Mountains, Tanzania.
Clinical features and host pathology
[edit]This species infects the lizard Cnemaspis africana.
References
[edit]- ^ Telford, Jr S.R. (1984) Studies on African saurian malarias: Three Plasmodium species from gekkonid hosts J. Parasitol. 70 (3) 343-354