Biology:Plasmodium joyeuxi

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Short description: Species of single-celled organism

Plasmodium joyeuxi
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Clade: Diaphoretickes
Clade: SAR
Clade: Alveolata
Phylum: Apicomplexa
Class: Aconoidasida
Order: Haemospororida
Family: Plasmodiidae
Genus: Plasmodium
Species:
P. joyeuxi
Binomial name
Plasmodium joyeuxi
Ledger, 1928

Plasmodium joyeuxi is a parasite of the genus Plasmodium subgenus Vinckeia. As in Plasmodium species, P. joyeuxi has both vertebrate and insect hosts. The vertebrate hosts for this parasite are mammals.[1]

Taxonomy

The parasite was first described by Ledger in 1928.

Hosts

The only known host for this species is the monkey Cercopithecis callitricus.

References

  1. Marcel Leger (1928). "Plasmodium of West African Cercopithecus callitrichus". Annales de l'Institut Pasteur 42 (7): 770–781. https://www.cabdirect.org/cabdirect/abstract/19292900494. Retrieved 14 December 2016. 

Wikidata ☰ Q7201909 entry