Plasmodium floridense
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| Plasmodium floridense | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Clade: | Sar |
| Clade: | Alveolata |
| Phylum: | Apicomplexa |
| Class: | Aconoidasida |
| Order: | Haemospororida |
| Family: | Plasmodiidae |
| Genus: | Plasmodium |
| Species: | P. floridense |
| Binomial name | |
| Plasmodium floridense Thompson and Huff, 1944 | |
Plasmodium floridense is a parasite of the genus Plasmodium subgenus Lacertamoeba. As in all Plasmodium species, P. floridense has both vertebrate and insect hosts. The vertebrate hosts for this parasite are lizards.
This species was described by Thompson and Huff in 1944.
Schizonts are 1.5 -2.0 times the size of the nucleus of an uninfected erythrocyte. They produce 8-24 merozoites.
The gametocytes are of a similar size.