Plasmodium brygooi
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| Plasmodium brygooi | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Clade: | Sar |
| Superphylum: | Alveolata |
| Phylum: | Apicomplexa |
| Class: | Aconoidasida |
| Order: | Haemospororida |
| Family: | Plasmodiidae |
| Genus: | Plasmodium |
| Species: | P. brygooi |
| Binomial name | |
| Plasmodium brygooi Telford and Landau, 1987 | |
Plasmodium brygooi is a parasite of the genus Plasmodium subgenus Lacertamoeba.
Like all Plasmodium species P. brygooi has both vertebrate and insect hosts. The vertebrate hosts for this parasite are lizards.
This species was first described by Telford and Landau in 1987.[1]
Etymology
The name of the species refers to Édouard-Raoul Brygoo, a French parasitologist.
