Haemamoeba
| Haemamoeba | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| (unranked): | Sar |
| (unranked): | Alveolata |
| Phylum: | Apicomplexa |
| Class: | Aconoidasida |
| Order: | Haemosporida |
| Family: | Plasmodiidae |
| Genus: | Plasmodium |
| Subgenus: | Haemamoeba |
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Haemamoeba is a subgenus of the genus Plasmodium — all of which are parasitic protozoa. The subgenus was created in 1963 by created by Corradetti et al..[1] Species in this subgenus infect birds.
Diagnostic features
Species in the subgenus Haemamoeba have the following characteristics:
Mature schizonts are larger than the host cell nucleus and commonly displace it.
Gametocytes are large, round, oval or irregular in shape and are substantially larger than the host nucleus.
Species in this subgenus
- Plasmodium cathemerium
- Plasmodium coggeshalli
- Plasmodium elongatum
- Plasmodium gallinaceum
- Plasmodium giovannolai
- Plasmodium griffithsi
- Plasmodium lutzi
- Plasmodium matutinum
- Plasmodium paddae
- Plasmodium parvulum
- Plasmodium relictum
- Plasmodium tejerai
References
- ↑ Corradetti A.; Garnham P.C.C.; Laird M. (1963). "New classification of the avian malaria parasites". Parassitologia. 5: 1–4.
- "Plasmodium (Haemamoeba)". NCBI Taxonomy Browser. 418104.
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