Ophidiella

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Ophidiella
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
Subgenus: Ophidiella
Garnham, 1966

Ophidiella is a subgenus of the genus Plasmodium created in 1966 by Garnham.[1]

It was created as a subgenus for the then only known species infecting snakes - Plasmodium wenyoni.

Species

References

  1. ^ Garnham P.C.C. (1966) Malaria Parasites and Other Haemosporidia. Oxford, Blackwell