Plasmodium coggeshalli is a parasite of the genus Plasmodium subgenus Haemamoeba.
| Plasmodium coggeshalli | |
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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. coggeshalli
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| Binomial name | |
| Plasmodium coggeshalli Gres & Landau, 1997
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Like all Plasmodium species P. coggeshalli has both vertebrate and insect hosts. The vertebrate hosts for this parasite are birds.
Taxonomy edit
The type specimen had been originally classified as Plasmodium lophurae but was described as a new species by Gres and Landau in 1997 based on morphology of the parasite and host cell.[1]
References edit
- ^ Gres V. and Landau I. (1997) Les Plasmodium de Lophura (Phasianidae) : redescription de P. lophurae Coggeshall, 1938 et description de deux nouvelles espèces. Zoosystema 19 (4) 545-555
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