Plasmodium gundersi

Plasmodium gundersi
Scientific 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

The parasite was first described by Bray in 1962.

Hosts

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

References

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.