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{{Short description|Subgenus of single-celled organisms}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| taxon = Haemamoeba
| authority = Corradetti ''et al.'', 1963
| subdivision_ranks = Species
| subdivision = See text
}}

'''''Haemamoeba''''' is a subgenus of the [[Biology:Genus|genus]] ''[[Biology:Plasmodium|Plasmodium]]'' — all of which are parasites. The subgenus was created in 1963 by created by Corradetti ''et al.''.<ref name=Corradetti1963>{{cite journal |author1=Corradetti A. |author2=Garnham P.C.C. |author3=Laird M. |title=New classification of the avian malaria parasites |journal=Parassitologia |volume=5 |pages=1–4 |year=1963 }}</ref> [[Biology:Species|Species]] in this subgenus infect [[Biology:Bird|bird]]s.
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== Diagnostic features ==

Species in the subgenus ''Haemamoeba'' have the following characteristics:

Mature schizonts are larger than the host [[Biology:Cell|cell]] [[Biology:Cell nucleus|nucleus]] and commonly displace it.{{cn|date=April 2023}}

[[Biology:Gametocyte|Gametocyte]]s are large, round, oval or irregular in shape and are substantially larger than the host nucleus.{{cn|date=April 2023}}

== Species in this subgenus ==
* ''Plasmodium cathemerium''
* ''[[Biology:Plasmodium coggeshalli|Plasmodium coggeshalli]]''
* ''[[Biology:Plasmodium elongatum|Plasmodium elongatum]]''
* ''[[Biology:Plasmodium gallinaceum|Plasmodium gallinaceum]]''
* ''Plasmodium giovannolai''
* ''Plasmodium griffithsi''
* ''[[Biology:Plasmodium lutzi|Plasmodium lutzi]]''
* ''[[Biology:Plasmodium matutinum|Plasmodium matutinum]]''
* ''Plasmodium parvulum''
* ''[[Biology:Plasmodium relictum|Plasmodium relictum]]''
* ''[[Biology:Plasmodium tejerai|Plasmodium tejerai]]''

== References ==<!-- Caldasia28:371. -->
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[[Category:Plasmodium subgenera]]



{{Sourceattribution|Haemamoeba}}