Bennettinia

Bennettinia is a subgenus of the genus Plasmodium - all of which are parasitic unicellular eukaryotes. The subgenus was created in 1997 by Valkiunas.[1] Species in this subgenus infect birds.

Bennettinia
Scientific classification
(unranked): Diaphoretickes
Clade: TSAR
Clade: SAR
Infrakingdom: Alveolata
Phylum: Apicomplexa
Class: Aconoidasida
Order: Haemospororida
Family: Plasmodiidae
Genus: Plasmodium
Subgenus: Bennettinia
Valkiunas, 1997
Species

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This subgenus is named in honour of the parasitologist Gordon F. Bennett.[2]

Diagnostic features

Species in the subgenus Bennettinia have the following characteristics:

Schizonts contain scant cytoplasm, are often round, do not exceed the size of the host nucleus and stick to it.

Gametocytes while varying in shape tend to be round or oval, do not exceed the size of the nucleus and stick to it.

Species in this subgenus

References

  1. Valkiunas, G. (1997). Bird Haemosporidia. Institute of Ecology, Vilnius
  2. Valkiunas, Gediminas (2004-10-28). Avian Malaria Parasites and other Haemosporidia. CRC Press. p. 714. ISBN 978-0-203-64379-2.


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