Plasmodium lemuris
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| Plasmodium lemuris | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Clade: | Diaphoretickes |
| Clade: | SAR |
| Clade: | Alveolata |
| Phylum: | Apicomplexa |
| Class: | Aconoidasida |
| Order: | Haemospororida |
| Family: | Plasmodiidae |
| Genus: | Plasmodium |
| Species: | P. lemuris |
| Binomial name | |
| Plasmodium lemuris Huff and Hoogstraal, 1963 | |
Plasmodium lemuris is a parasite of the genus Plasmodium subgenus Vinckeia.
Like all Plasmodium species P. lemuris has both vertebrate and insect hosts. The vertebrate hosts for this parasite are mammals.
This species was first described by Huff and Hoogstraal in 1963 in the black lemur Lemur collaris.[1] This species may belong to the genus Haemoproteus rather than to Plasmodium. Clarification of this point awaits examination of the organism's DNA.
