Plasmodium globularis
Appearance
Plasmodium globularis | |
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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. globularis
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Binomial name | |
Plasmodium globularis Valkiūnas et al., 2008
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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
[edit]The parasite was first described by Valkiūnas et al. in 2008.[1]
Distribution
[edit]This parasite is found in Ghana and Cameroon.
Hosts
[edit]P. globularis infects the yellow-whiskered greenbul (Andropadus latirostris).
References
[edit]- ^ 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.