Plasmodium_paranucleophilum

<i>Plasmodium paranucleophilum</i>

Plasmodium paranucleophilum

Species of single-celled organism

Plasmodium paranucleophilum is a parasite of the genus Plasmodium subgenus Novyella. As in all Plasmodium species, P. paranucleophilum has both vertebrate and insect hosts. The vertebrate hosts for this parasite are birds.

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Taxonomy

The parasite was first described by Manwell and Sessler in 1971.[1]

Distribution

This species was described in South America.

Hosts

The only known host is a tanager (Tachyphonus species).

References

  1. [1]
    Manwell R. D. and Sessler G. J. (1971) Plasmodium paranucleophilum n. sp. from a South American tanager. J. Protozool. 18(4):629-632.


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