Biology:Plasmodium sandoshami

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Short description: Species of single-celled organism

Plasmodium sandoshami
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Clade: Diaphoretickes
Clade: SAR
Clade: Alveolata
Phylum: Apicomplexa
Class: Aconoidasida
Order: Haemospororida
Family: Plasmodiidae
Genus: Plasmodium
Species:
P. sandoshami
Binomial name
Plasmodium sandoshami
Dunn et al., 1963

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

Taxonomy

The parasite was first described by Dunn et al. in 1963.[1]

This species was named after A. A. Sandosham, Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine in Singapore, University of Malaya.

Distribution

This species is found in Malaysia.

Hosts

The only known host is the Sunda flying lemur (Galeopterus variegatus).

References

  1. Dunn, F. L.; Eyles, Don E.; Yap, L. F. (1963). "Plasmodium sandoshami sp. nov., a new species of malaria parasite from the Malayan flying lemur". Annals of Tropical Medicine & Parasitology 57 (1): 75–81. doi:10.1080/00034983.1963.11686164. 

Wikidata ☰ Q12505790 entry