Biology:Plasmodium buteonis

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Short description: Species of single-celled organism

Plasmodium buteonis
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Clade: Diaphoretickes
Clade: SAR
Clade: Alveolata
Phylum: Apicomplexa
Class: Aconoidasida
Order: Haemospororida
Family: Plasmodiidae
Genus: Plasmodium
Species:
P. buteonis
Binomial name
Plasmodium buteonis
Paperna et al., 2007

Plasmodium buteonis is a parasite of the genus Plasmodium subgenus Giovannolaia.

Like all Plasmodium species P. buteonis has both vertebrate and insect hosts. The vertebrate hosts for this parasite are birds.

Taxonomy

The parasite was first described by Paperna et al. in 2007.[1] P. buteonis cannot be distinguished from some others of the same subgenus – P. gabaldoni and P. homocircumfexum – and may in fact not be a valid name.[2]

Distribution

This parasite is found in Israel.

Hosts

P. buteonis infects the common buzzard (Buteo buteo).

References

Wikidata ☰ Q5239530 entry