Species of single-celled organism
Plasmodium circularis is a parasite of the genus Plasmodium subgenus Sauramoeba.
Like all Plasmodium species P. circularis has both vertebrate and insect hosts. The vertebrate hosts for this parasite are reptiles.
Description
The parasite was first described by Telford and Stein in 2000.[1]
Geographical occurrence
This species is found in Australia and infects the Australian skink Egernia stokesii.
References
- ^ Telford J.R.; Stein J. (2000). "Two malaria parasites (Apicomplexa : Plasmodiidae) of the Australian skink Egernia stokesii". Journal of Parasitology. 86 (2): 395–406. doi:10.2307/3284786. JSTOR 3284786. PMID 10780562.
