Plasmodium robinsoni
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| Plasmodium robinsoni | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Clade: | Sar |
| Clade: | Alveolata |
| Phylum: | Apicomplexa |
| Class: | Aconoidasida |
| Order: | Haemospororida |
| Family: | Plasmodiidae |
| Genus: | Plasmodium |
| Species: | P. robinsoni |
| Binomial name | |
| Plasmodium robinsoni Brygoo, 1962 | |
Plasmodium robinsoni is a parasite of the genus Plasmodium subgenus Sauramoeba.
Like all Plasmodium species P. robinsoni has both vertebrate and insect hosts. The vertebrate hosts for this parasite are lizards.
The species was first described by Brygoo in 1962 in the chameleon (Chamaeleo brevicornis).
