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Plasmodium clelandi

Plasmodium clelandi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Clade: Diaphoretickes
Clade: SAR
Clade: Alveolata
Phylum: Apicomplexa
Class: Aconoidasida
Order: Haemospororida
Family: Plasmodiidae
Genus: Plasmodium
Species:
P. clelandi
Binomial name
Plasmodium clelandi
Manawadu, 1972

Plasmodium clelandi is a parasite of the genus Plasmodium subgenus Carinamoeba.

Like all Plasmodium species P. clelandi has both vertebrate and insect hosts. The vertebrate hosts for this parasite are reptiles.

Description

This species was described by Manawadu in 1972.[1] It was named after the eminent cardio-thoracic surgeon William Paton Cleland.

Distribution

This species occurs in Sri Lanka.

Hosts

This species infects the Bengal monitor lizard (Varanus bengalensis) and land monitor lizard (Varanus cepedianus).

References

  1. ^ Manawanu B.R. (1972) A new saurian malaria parasite Plasmodium clelandi sp. n. from Ceylon. J. Euk. Micro. 19 (4) 587–589.
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