Plasmodium anasum
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Plasmodium anasum | |
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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. anasum |
Binomial name | |
Plasmodium anasum Manwell & Kuntz, 1965 |
Plasmodium anasum is a species of the genus Plasmodium subgenus Giovannolaia.
Like all species in this genus it has both vertebrate and insect hosts. The vertebrate host are birds.
Taxonomy
[edit]This species was described in 1965 by Manwell and Kuntz.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ Manwell, Reginald D.; Kuntz, Robert E. (1965). "A New Species of Plasmodium from the Formosan Shoveller Duck". Journal of Protozoology. 12 (1): 101–104. doi:10.1111/j.1550-7408.1965.tb01821.x. PMID 14298490.