Plasmodium lagopi
Plasmodium lagopi | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Clade: | Diaphoretickes |
Clade: | SAR |
Clade: | Alveolata |
Phylum: | Apicomplexa |
Class: | Aconoidasida |
Order: | Haemospororida |
Family: | Plasmodiidae |
Genus: | Plasmodium |
Species: | P. lagopi |
Binomial name | |
Plasmodium lagopi Oliger, 1956 |
Plasmodium lagopi is a parasite of the genus Plasmodium.
Like all Plasmodium species P. lagopi has both vertebrate and insect hosts. The vertebrate hosts for this parasite are birds.
Description
[edit]The parasite was first described by Oliger in 1956.[1]
Vectors
[edit]Not known.
References
[edit]- ^ Judith M. Humphrey; Dorothy B. Segal (1 March 1966). "Catalogue of Medical and Veterinary Zoology Supplement 15". US Department of Agriculture. Archived from the original on 15 December 2016. Retrieved 14 December 2016.