Ophidiella

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Ophidiella is a subgenus of the genus Plasmodium created in 1966 by Garnham.[1]

It was created as a subgenus for the then only known species infecting snakes - Plasmodium wenyoni.

Plasmodium
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Chromalveolata
Superphylum: Alveolata
Phylum: Apicomplexa
Class: Aconoidasida
Order: Haemosporida
Family: Plasmodiidae
Genus: Plasmodium

Diagnostic features

Species in this subgenus infect snakes.

Species in this subgenus

References

  1. Garnham P.C.C. (1966) Malaria Parasites and Other Haemosporidia. Oxford, Blackwell


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