Plasmodium cyclopsi
| Plasmodium cyclopsi | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Clade: | Diaphoretickes |
| Clade: | SAR |
| Clade: | Alveolata |
| Phylum: | Apicomplexa |
| Class: | Aconoidasida |
| Order: | Haemospororida |
| Family: | Plasmodiidae |
| Genus: | Plasmodium |
| Species: | P. cyclopsi
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| Binomial name | |
| Plasmodium cyclopsi Landau and Chabaud, 1978
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Plasmodium cyclopsi is a parasite of the genus Plasmodium subgenus Vinckeia.
Like all Plasmodium species P. cyclopsi has both vertebrate and insect hosts. The vertebrate hosts for this parasite are mammals.
Taxonomy[edit]
The parasite was first described by Landau and Chabaud in 1978.[1]
Distribution[edit]
This species was described in Gabon.
Hosts[edit]
The only known host species for this parasite is the cyclops roundleaf bat (Hipposideros cyclops).
References[edit]
- ^ Landau, I.; Chabaud, A.-G. (1978). "Description de Plasmodium cyclopsi n. sp. parasite du Microchiroptère Hipposideros cyclops à Makokou (Gabon)". Annales de Parasitologie Humaine et Comparée. 53 (3): 247–253. doi:10.1051/parasite/1978533247. PMID 697287.
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