Plasmodium lagopi is a parasite of the genus Plasmodium.
| Plasmodium lagopi | |
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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. lagopi
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| Binomial name | |
| Plasmodium lagopi Oliger, 1956
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Like all Plasmodium species P. lagopi has both vertebrate and insect hosts. The vertebrate hosts for this parasite are birds.
Description edit
The parasite was first described by Oliger in 1956.[1]
Vectors edit
Not known.
References edit
- ^ Judith M. Humphrey; Dorothy B. Segal (1 March 1966). "Catalogue of Medical and Veterinary Zoology Supplement 15". US Department of Agriculture. Archived from the original on 15 December 2016. Retrieved 14 December 2016.
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