Plasmodium anasum
Plasmodium anasum is a species of the genus Plasmodium subgenus Giovannolaia.
Like all species in this genus it has both vertebrate and insect hosts. The vertebrate host are birds.
| Plasmodium anasum | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Protista |
| Phylum: | Apicomplexa |
| Class: | Aconoidasida |
| Order: | Haemosporida |
| Family: | Plasmodiidae |
| Genus: | Plasmodium |
| Species: | P. anasum |
| Binomial name | |
| Plasmodium anasum | |
Description
This species was described in 1965 by Manwell and Kuntz.[1]
References
- ↑ Manwell, Reginald D.; Kuntz, Robert E. (1965). "A New Species of Plasmodium from the Formosan Shoveller Duck". Journal of Protozoology 12 (1): 101–104. doi:10.1111/j.1550-7408.1965.tb01821.x.