Plasmodium cercopitheci

Plasmodium cercopitheci is a parasite of the genus Plasmodium (subgenus Vinckeia) which infects the monkey Cercopithecis nictitans. The insect host of P. cercopitheci is unknown.

Plasmodium cercopitheci
Scientific classification
(unranked): Diaphoretickes
Kingdom: Chromista
Subkingdom: Harosa
Infrakingdom: Alveolata
Phylum: Apicomplexa
Class: Aconoidasida
Order: Haemospororida
Family: Plasmodiidae
Genus: Plasmodium
Species:
P. cercopitheci
Binomial name
Plasmodium cercopitheci
Thieler, 1930

Taxonomy

The parasite was first described by Thieler in 1930.[1]

Hosts

The only known host for this species is the monkey Cercopithecis nictitans.[1]

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References

  1. Coatney, G. Robert; Roudabush, Robert L. (1936). "A Catalog and Host-Index of the Genus Plasmodium". The Journal of Parasitology. 22 (4): 338. doi:10.2307/3271859. JSTOR 3271859.


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