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Plasmodium cnemaspi is a parasite of the genus Plasmodium subgenus Sauramoeba.
| Plasmodium cnemaspi | |
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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. cnemaspi
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| Binomial name | |
| Plasmodium cnemaspi Telford, 1984
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Like all Plasmodium species P. cnemaspi has both vertebrate and insect hosts. The vertebrate hosts for this parasite are lizards.
Description edit
The parasite was first described by Telford in 1984.[1]
Geographical occurrence edit
This species is found in the Uluguru Mountains, Tanzania.
Clinical features and host pathology edit
This species infects the lizard Cnemaspis africana.
References edit
- ^ Telford, Jr S.R. (1984) Studies on African saurian malarias: Three Plasmodium species from gekkonid hosts J. Parasitol. 70 (3) 343-354
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