Plasmodium anasum
| Plasmodium anasum | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification 
| |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Clade: | Diaphoretickes |
| Clade: | SAR |
| Clade: | Alveolata |
| Phylum: | Apicomplexa |
| Class: | Aconoidasida |
| Order: | Haemospororida |
| Family: | Plasmodiidae |
| Genus: | Plasmodium |
| Species: | P. anasum |
| Binomial name | |
| Plasmodium anasum Manwell & Kuntz, 1965 | |
Plasmodium anasum is a species of the genus Plasmodium subgenus Giovannolaia.
Like all species in this genus it has both vertebrate and insect hosts. The vertebrate host are birds.
Taxonomy
This species was described in 1965 by Manwell and Kuntz.[1]
References
- ^ Manwell, Reginald D.; Kuntz, Robert E. (1965). "A New Species of Plasmodium from the Formosan Shoveller Duck". Journal of Protozoology. 12 (1): 101–104. doi:10.1111/j.1550-7408.1965.tb01821.x. PMID 14298490.