Plasmodium hydrochaeri
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| Plasmodium hydrochaeri | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Clade: | Diaphoretickes |
| Clade: | SAR |
| Clade: | Alveolata |
| Phylum: | Apicomplexa |
| Class: | Aconoidasida |
| Order: | Haemospororida |
| Family: | Plasmodiidae |
| Genus: | Plasmodium |
| Species: | P. hydrochaeri |
| Binomial name | |
| Plasmodium hydrochaeri | |
Plasmodium hydrochaeri is a parasite of the genus Plasmodium subgenus Vinckeia.
Like all Plasmodium species P. hydrochaeri has both vertebrate and insect hosts. The vertebrate hosts for this parasite are rodents.
This species was provisionally named in 2009 by Dos Santos et al. [1]
The only known host is the capybara (Hydrochaeris hydrochaeris).
