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Plasmodium globularis

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Plasmodium globularis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Clade: Diaphoretickes
Clade: TSAR
Clade: SAR
Clade: Alveolata
Phylum: Apicomplexa
Class: Aconoidasida
Order: Haemospororida
Family: Plasmodiidae
Genus: Plasmodium
Species:
P. globularis
Binomial name
Plasmodium globularis
Valkiūnas et al., 2008

Plasmodium globularis is a parasite of the genus Plasmodium subgenus Novyella. As in all Plasmodium species, P. globularis has both vertebrate and insect hosts. The vertebrate hosts for this parasite are birds.

Taxonomy

The parasite was first described by Valkiūnas et al. in 2008.[1]

Distribution

This parasite is found in Ghana and Cameroon.

Hosts

P. globularis infects the yellow-whiskered greenbul (Andropadus latirostris).

References

  1. ^ Valkiūnas G., Iezhova T.A., Loiseau C., Chasar A., Smith T.B., Sehgal R.N. (2008). "New species of haemosporidian parasites (Haemosporida) from African rainforest birds, with remarks on their classification". Parasitol Res.