Biology:Paraplasmodium

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Short description: Subgenus of single-celled organisms

Paraplasmodium
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Clade: Diaphoretickes
Clade: SAR
Clade: Alveolata
Phylum: Apicomplexa
Class: Aconoidasida
Order: Haemospororida
Family: Plasmodiidae
Genus: Plasmodium
Subgenus: Paraplasmodium
Telford, 1988
Species

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Paraplasmodium is a subgenus of the genus Plasmodium - all of which are parasitic eukaryotes. The subgenus was created by Telford in 1988. Species in this subgenus infect lizards.

Species

Description

Species in the subgenus Paraplasmodium have the following characteristics:[citation needed]

The gametocytes are large.

The schizonts are medium size.

Exoerythrocytic schizonts may be produced in both fixed and wandering host cells.

Note:[citation needed]

One species (Plasmodium mexicanum) in this genus can undergo normal sporogony in a psychodid fly (Lutzomyia vexatrix).

References

Wikidata ☰ Q7135685 entry