Plasmodium achromaticum
Appearance
Plasmodium achromaticum | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Clade: | Diaphoretickes |
Clade: | SAR |
Clade: | Alveolata |
Phylum: | Apicomplexa |
Class: | Aconoidasida |
Order: | Haemospororida |
Family: | Plasmodiidae |
Genus: | Plasmodium |
Species: | P. achromaticum
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Binomial name | |
Plasmodium achromaticum Yakimoff and Stolinikoff, 1912
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Plasmodium achromaticum is a parasite of the genus Plasmodium subgenus Vinckeia.
As in all Plasmodium species, P. achromaticum has both vertebrate and insect hosts. The vertebrate hosts for this parasite are mammals.
Taxonomy
[edit]The parasite was first described by Yakimoff and Stolinikoff in 1912.[citation needed]
Vectors
[edit]Not known.
Hosts
[edit]The only known host for this species is the bat Achromaticum versperuginus.[citation needed]
References
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