Plasmodium josephinae
Appearance
Plasmodium josephinae | |
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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. josephinae
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Binomial name | |
Plasmodium josephinae Peláez, 1967
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Plasmodium josephinae is a parasite of the genus Plasmodium subgenus Sauramoeba. It was described in 1967 by Peláez.[1] As in all Plasmodium species, P. josephinae has both vertebrate and insect hosts. The vertebrate hosts for this parasite are reptiles.[2]
Taxonomy
[edit]This species was described by Peláez in 1967.
Distribution
[edit]This species occurs in Mexico.
References
[edit]- ^ Gerald Hoff, ed. (6 December 2012). Diseases of Amphibians and Reptiles. Springer Science & Business Media. p. 436. ISBN 9781461593911.
- ^ Samuel R. Telford, Jr. (19 April 2016). Hemoparasites of the Reptilia: Color Atlas and Text. CRC Press. p. 95. ISBN 9781420080414.