Plasmodium tyrio

Plasmodium tyrio
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Clade: Sar
Clade: Alveolata
Phylum: Apicomplexa
Class: Aconoidasida
Order: Haemospororida
Family: Plasmodiidae
Genus: Plasmodium
Species:
P. tyrio
Binomial name
Plasmodium tyrio
de Mello et al., 1928

Plasmodium tyrio is a parasite of the genus Plasmodium. As in all Plasmodium species, P. tyrio has both vertebrate and insect hosts. Its only known vertebrate host is the Chinese pangolin.[1]

Taxonomy

The parasite was first described by de Mello, Fernandes, Correia and Lobo in 1928.

Hosts

The only known host of this species is the Chinese pangolin (Manis pentadactyla).[1]

References

  1. ^ a b Levine ND (2017). The Protozoan Phylum Apicomplexa, Volume 2. CRC Press. ISBN 978-1315897011. Retrieved 26 January 2018.


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