Plasmodium cercopitheci

Plasmodium cercopitheci
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. cercopitheci
Binomial name
Plasmodium cercopitheci
Thieler, 1930

Plasmodium cercopitheci is a parasite of the genus Plasmodium (subgenus Vinckeia) which infects the monkey Cercopithecis nictitans. The insect host of P. cercopitheci is unknown.

Taxonomy

The parasite was first described by Thieler in 1930.[1]

Hosts

The only known host for this species is the monkey Cercopithecis nictitans.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b 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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