Plasmodium marginatum

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Plasmodium marginatum
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Domain: Eukaryota
Clade: Diaphoretickes
Clade: SAR
Clade: Alveolata
Phylum: Apicomplexa
Class: Aconoidasida
Order: Haemospororida
Family: Plasmodiidae
Genus: Plasmodium
Species:
P. marginatum
Binomial name
Plasmodium marginatum
Telford, 1979

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

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Taxonomy

The parasite was first described by Telford in 1979. [1] This species had previously been considered to be Plasmodium tropiduri .

Description

All stages tend to lie along the erythrocyte margin.

While mature schizonts appear to be like flattened fans with 3 to 8 merozoites, immature schizonts are highly amoeboid.

Gametocytes are smaller than erythrocyte nuclei.

Distribution

This species is found in Central America and South America.

Hosts

The only known host is the anole lizard Anolis frenatus .

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References

  1. ↑ Telford SR Jr. (1979) A taxonomic reconsideration of some Plasmodium species from iguanid lizards. Ann. Parasitol. Hum. Comp. 54(2):129-144


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