Biology:Plasmodium semnopitheci

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Short description: Species of single-celled organism

Plasmodium semnopitheci
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Clade: Diaphoretickes
Clade: SAR
Clade: Alveolata
Phylum: Apicomplexa
Class: Aconoidasida
Order: Haemospororida
Family: Plasmodiidae
Genus: Plasmodium
Species:
P. semnopitheci
Binomial name
Plasmodium semnopitheci
Knowles, 1919

Plasmodium semnopitheci is a parasite of the genus Plasmodium and subgenus Vinckeia. As in all Plasmodium species, P. semnopitheci has both vertebrate and insect hosts. P. semnopitheci was isolated from a monkey.[1]

Taxonomy

The parasite was first described by Knowles in 1919.

Hosts

The only known host of this species is the northern plains gray langur (Semnopithecus entellus).

References

Wikidata ☰ Q7201957 entry