Plasmodium tumbayaensis

Plasmodium tumbayaensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Clade: Diaphoretickes
Clade: SAR
Clade: Alveolata
Phylum: Apicomplexa
Class: Aconoidasida
Order: Haemospororida
Family: Plasmodiidae
Genus: Plasmodium
Species:
P. tumbayaensis
Binomial name
Plasmodium tumbayaensis
Mazza and Fiori, 1930

Plasmodium tumbayaensis is a parasite of the genus Plasmodium.[1]

Like all Plasmodium species P. tumbayaensis has both vertebrate and insect hosts. The vertebrate hosts for this parasite are birds.

Description

The parasite was first described by Mazza and Fiora in 1930.[1]

Clinical features and host pathology

The only known host of this species is the thrush Planethicus anthracinus.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c Coatney, G. Robert; Roudabush, Robert L (1936). "A Catalog and Host-Index of the Genus Plasmodium". The Journal of Parasitology. 22 (4): 338. doi:10.2307/3271859. JSTOR 3271859.


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