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Plasmodium gracilis

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Plasmodium gracilis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Clade: Diaphoretickes
Clade: SAR
Clade: Alveolata
Phylum: Apicomplexa
Class: Aconoidasida
Order: Haemospororida
Family: Plasmodiidae
Genus: Plasmodium
Species:
P. gracilis
Binomial name
Plasmodium gracilis
Telford and Wellehan, 2005

Plasmodium gracilis is a parasite of the genus Plasmodium.

Like all Plasmodium species P. gracilis has both vertebrate and insect hosts. The vertebrate hosts for this parasite are reptiles.

Description

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The parasite was first described by Telford and Wellehan in 2005.[1]

Geographical occurrence

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This species is found in New Guinea.

Clinical features and host pathology

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This species infects the crocodile skink Tribolonotus gracilis.

References

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  1. ^ Telford Jr., Sam R.; Wellehan Jr., James F. X. (2005). "Two Plasmodium species of the crocodile skink Tribolonotus gracilis from Irian Jaya, Indonesia". Journal of Parasitology. 91 (1): 148–151. doi:10.1645/GE-3360. PMID 15856890. S2CID 32866581.