Plasmodium marginatum
| Plasmodium marginatum | |
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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 |
| Species: | P. marginatum
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| Binomial name | |
| Plasmodium marginatum Telford, 1979
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Plasmodium marginatum is a parasite of the genus Plasmodium subgenus Sauramoeba. As in all Plasmodium species, P. marginatum has both vertebrate and insect hosts. The vertebrate hosts for this parasite are reptiles.
Taxonomy
[edit]The parasite was first described by Telford in 1979.[1] This species had previously been considered to be Plasmodium tropiduri.
Description
[edit]All stages tend to lie along the erythrocyte margin.
While mature schizonts appear to be like flattened fans with 3 to 8 merozoites, immature schizonts are highly amoeboid.
Gametocytes are smaller than erythrocyte nuclei.
Distribution
[edit]This species is found in Central America and South America.
Hosts
[edit]The only known host is the anole lizard Anolis frenatus.
References
[edit]- ^ Telford SR Jr. (1979) A taxonomic reconsideration of some Plasmodium species from iguanid lizards. Ann. Parasitol. Hum. Comp. 54(2):129-144
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