Plasmodium lutzi
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| Plasmodium lutzi | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Clade: | Diaphoretickes |
| Clade: | SAR |
| Clade: | Alveolata |
| Phylum: | Apicomplexa |
| Class: | Aconoidasida |
| Order: | Haemospororida |
| Family: | Plasmodiidae |
| Genus: | Plasmodium |
| Species: | P. lutzi |
| Binomial name | |
| Plasmodium lutzi Lucena, 1939 | |
Plasmodium lutzi is a parasite of the genus Plasmodium subgenus Haemamoeba.
Like all Plasmodium species P. lutzi has both vertebrate and insect hosts. The vertebrate hosts for this parasite are birds.
The parasite was first described by Lucena in 1939.
