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Plasmodium gundersi

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Plasmodium gundersi
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. gundersi
Binomial name
Plasmodium gundersi
Bray, 1962

Plasmodium gundersi is a parasite of the genus Plasmodium subgenus Giovannolaia.[1][2]

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

Taxonomy

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The parasite was first described by Bray in 1962.

Hosts

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Vertebrate hosts of this species include the eastern screech owl (Otus asio).

References

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  1. ^ Carter T. Atkinson; Nancy J. Thomas; D. Bruce Hunter (13 January 2009). Parasitic Diseases of Wild Birds. John Wiley & Sons. p. 37. ISBN 978-0-8138-0457-6. Retrieved 14 December 2016.
  2. ^ Irene Landau; J.M. Chavatte; W. Peters; A. Chabaud (15 March 2010). "The Sub-Genera of Avian Plasmodium" (PDF). Parasite. 17 (1): 3–7. doi:10.1051/parasite/2010171003. PMID 20387732. Archived (PDF) from the original on 14 December 2016.