Plasmodium dominicana is a parasite of the genus Plasmodium.
The species is only known from a mosquito fossil in amber dating from the Tertiary era. The fossil was found in what is now the Dominican Republic.
| Plasmodium dominicana | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Protista |
| Phylum: | Apicomplexa |
| Class: | Aconoidasida |
| Order: | Haemosporida |
| Family: | Plasmodiidae |
| Genus: | Plasmodium |
| Species: | P. dominicana |
| Binomial name | |
| Plasmodium dominicana |
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The parasite was first described by Poinar in 2005.[1] It appears that it may have been a relation of Plasmodium juxtanucleare which would place it in the subgenus Bennettinia.
Fossil found in the Dominican Republic.
The host seems likely to have been a member of the order Galliformes but this cannot be confirmed.