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Plasmodium paranucleophilum

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Plasmodium paranucleophilum
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. paranucleophilum
Binomial name
Plasmodium paranucleophilum
Manwell and Sessler, 1971

Plasmodium paranucleophilum is a parasite of the genus Plasmodium subgenus Novyella. As in all Plasmodium species, P. paranucleophilum 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 Manwell and Sessler in 1971.[1]

Distribution

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This species was described in South America.

Hosts

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The only known host is a tanager (Tachyphonus species).

References

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  1. ^ Manwell R. D. and Sessler G. J. (1971) Plasmodium paranucleophilum n. sp. from a South American tanager. J. Protozool. 18(4):629-632.