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Plasmodium achromaticum

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Plasmodium achromaticum
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. achromaticum
Binomial name
Plasmodium achromaticum
Yakimoff and Stolinikoff, 1912

Plasmodium achromaticum is a parasite of the genus Plasmodium subgenus Vinckeia.

As in all Plasmodium species, P. achromaticum has both vertebrate and insect hosts. The vertebrate hosts for this parasite are mammals.

Taxonomy

The parasite was first described by Yakimoff and Stolinikoff in 1912.

Vectors

Not known.

Hosts

The only known host for this species is the bat Achromaticum versperuginus.

References