Biology:Haemamoeba
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Short description: Subgenus of single-celled organisms
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Clade: | Diaphoretickes |
| Clade: | SAR |
| Clade: | Alveolata |
| Phylum: | Apicomplexa |
| Class: | Aconoidasida |
| Order: | Haemospororida |
| Family: | Plasmodiidae |
| Genus: | Plasmodium |
| Subgenus: | Haemamoeba Corradetti et al., 1963 |
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Haemamoeba is a subgenus of the genus Plasmodium — all of which are parasites. The subgenus was created in 1963 by created by Corradetti et al..[1] Species in this subgenus infect birds.
Diagnostic features
Species in the subgenus Haemamoeba have the following characteristics:
Mature schizonts are larger than the host cell nucleus and commonly displace it.[citation needed]
Gametocytes are large, round, oval or irregular in shape and are substantially larger than the host nucleus.[citation needed]
Species in this subgenus
- Plasmodium cathemerium
- Plasmodium coggeshalli
- Plasmodium elongatum
- Plasmodium gallinaceum
- Plasmodium giovannolai
- Plasmodium griffithsi
- Plasmodium lutzi
- Plasmodium matutinum
- Plasmodium parvulum
- Plasmodium relictum
- Plasmodium tejerai
References
- ↑ Corradetti A.; Garnham P.C.C.; Laird M. (1963). "New classification of the avian malaria parasites". Parassitologia 5: 1–4.
Wikidata ☰ Q5638182 entry
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