Plasmodium anasum
Plasmodium anasum is a species of the genus Plasmodium subgenus Giovannolaia.
| Plasmodium anasum | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| (unranked): | Diaphoretickes |
| Clade: | TSAR |
| Clade: | SAR |
| Infrakingdom: | Alveolata |
| Phylum: | Apicomplexa |
| Class: | Aconoidasida |
| Order: | Haemospororida |
| Family: | Plasmodiidae |
| Genus: | Plasmodium |
| Species: | P. anasum |
| Binomial name | |
| Plasmodium anasum Manwell & Kuntz, 1965 | |
Like all species in this genus it has both vertebrate and insect hosts. The vertebrate host are birds.
Taxonomy
This species was described in 1965 by Manwell and Kuntz.[1]
References
- 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.
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