Ophidiella

Ophidiella is a subgenus of the genus Plasmodium created in 1966 by Garnham.[1]

Ophidiella
Scientific classification
(unranked): Diaphoretickes
Clade: TSAR
Clade: SAR
Infrakingdom: Alveolata
Phylum: Apicomplexa
Class: Aconoidasida
Order: Haemospororida
Family: Plasmodiidae
Genus: Plasmodium
Subgenus: Ophidiella
Garnham, 1966

It was created as a subgenus for the then only known species infecting snakes - Plasmodium wenyoni.

Species

References

  1. Garnham P.C.C. (1966) Malaria Parasites and Other Haemosporidia. Oxford, Blackwell


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