Plasmodium polare is a parasite of the genus Plasmodium subgenus Giovannolaia.
Like all Plasmodium species P. polare has both vertebrate and insect hosts. The vertebrate hosts for this parasite are birds.
| Plasmodium polare | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Protista |
| Phylum: | Apicomplexa |
| Class: | Aconoidasida |
| Order: | Haemosporida |
| Family: | Plasmodiidae |
| Genus: | Plasmodium |
| Species: | P. polare |
| Binomial name | |
| Plasmodium polare |
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The parasite was first described by Manwell in 1934.[1]
This parasite occurs in the United States.
Hosts of this species include the Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus), the Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica), yellow wagtails (Motacilla flava)[2] and cliff swallows (Petrochelidon pyrrhonota).
It is related to the following species:
Plasmodium asanum
Plasmodium circumflexum
Plasmodium durae
Plasmodium fallax
Plasmodium formosanum
Plasmodium gabaldoni
Plasmodium hegneri
Plasmodium lophrae
Plasmodium lophrae
Plasmodium pediocetti
Plasmodium pinotti