Ophidiella
Appearance
Ophidiella | |
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Scientific 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
- ^ Garnham P.C.C. (1966) Malaria Parasites and Other Haemosporidia. Oxford, Blackwell