Plasmodium tyrio is a parasite of the genus Plasmodium. As in all Plasmodium species, P. tyrio has both vertebrate and insect hosts. Its only known vertebrate host is the Chinese pangolin.[1]
Plasmodium tyrio | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Clade: | Diaphoretickes |
Clade: | SAR |
Clade: | Alveolata |
Phylum: | Apicomplexa |
Class: | Aconoidasida |
Order: | Haemospororida |
Family: | Plasmodiidae |
Genus: | Plasmodium |
Species: | P. tyrio
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Binomial name | |
Plasmodium tyrio de Mello et al., 1928
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Taxonomy
editThe parasite was first described by de Mello, Fernandes, Correia and Lobo in 1928.
Hosts
editThe only known host of this species is the Chinese pangolin (Manis pentadactyla).[1]
References
edit- ^ a b Levine ND (2017). The Protozoan Phylum Apicomplexa, Volume 2. CRC Press. ISBN 978-1315897011. Retrieved 26 January 2018.