Plasmodium octamerium is a parasite of the genus Plasmodium.
Like all Plasmodium species P. octamerium has both vertebrate and insect hosts. The vertebrate hosts for this parasite are birds.
| Plasmodium octamerium | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Protista |
| Phylum: | Apicomplexa |
| Class: | Aconoidasida |
| Order: | Haemosporida |
| Family: | Plasmodiidae |
| Genus: | Plasmodium |
| Species: | P. octamerium |
| Binomial name | |
| Plasmodium octamerium |
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The parasite was first described by Manwell 1968.[1]
This species was described in Africa and has also been reported in Hong Kong.
Known hosts for this parasite include the pintail whydah bird (Vidua macroura) and the greater blue-eared glossy starling (Lamprotornis chalybaeus) [2]