Plasmodium cyclopsi
Plasmodium cyclopsi | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
(unranked): | Diaphoretickes |
Clade: | SAR |
Infrakingdom: | Alveolata |
Phylum: | Apicomplexa |
Class: | Aconoidasida |
Order: | Haemospororida |
Family: | Plasmodiidae |
Genus: | Plasmodium |
Species: | P. cyclopsi
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Binomial name | |
Plasmodium cyclopsi Landau and Chabaud, 1978
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Plasmodium cyclopsi is a parasite of the genus Plasmodium subgenus Vinckeia.
Like all Plasmodium species P. cyclopsi has both vertebrate and insect hosts. The vertebrate hosts for this parasite are mammals.
Taxonomy[]
The parasite was first described by Landau and Chabaud in 1978.[1]
Distribution[]
This species was described in Gabon.
Hosts[]
The only known host species for this parasite is the cyclops roundleaf bat (Hipposideros cyclops).
References[]
- ^ Landau, I.; Chabaud, A.-G. (1978). "Description de Plasmodium cyclopsi n. sp. parasite du Microchiroptère Hipposideros cyclops à Makokou (Gabon)". Annales de Parasitologie Humaine et Comparée. 53 (3): 247–253. doi:10.1051/parasite/1978533247. PMID 697287.
Categories:
- Plasmodium
- Taxa named by Alain Chabaud
- Plasmodium stubs