Lacertamoeba

Plasmodium
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
(unranked): Sar
(unranked): Alveolata
Phylum: Apicomplexa
Class: Aconoidasida
Order: Haemosporida
Family: Plasmodiidae
Genus: Plasmodium

Lacertamoeba is a subgenus of the genus Plasmodium — all of which are parasites. All species in this subgenus infect reptiles.

This subgenus was created by Telford to refine the classification of species then given as Plasmodium tropiduri.[1]

Diagnostic features

Species in the subgenus Lacertamoeba have the following characteristics:

The gametocytes are medium-sized

The schizonts undergo 3 to 5 nuclear divisions and are also medium-sized.

Species in this subgenus

References

  1. ↑ Telford SR (1979). "A taxonomic reconsideration of some Plasmodium species from iguanid lizards". Ann Parasitol Hum Comp. 54 (2): 129–44. PMID 539715.
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