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Plasmodium cyclopsi

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Plasmodium cyclopsi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Clade: Diaphoretickes
Clade: SAR
Clade: Alveolata
Phylum: Apicomplexa
Class: Aconoidasida
Order: Haemospororida
Family: Plasmodiidae
Genus: Plasmodium
Species:
P. cyclopsi
Binomial name
Plasmodium cyclopsi
Landau and Chabaud, 1978

Plasmodium cyclopsi is a parasite of the genus Plasmodium subgenus Vinckeia.

Like all Plasmodium species P. cyclopsi has both vertebrate and insect hosts. The vertebrate hosts for this parasite are mammals.

Taxonomy

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The parasite was first described by Landau and Chabaud in 1978.[1]

Distribution

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This species was described in Gabon.

Hosts

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The only known host species for this parasite is the cyclops roundleaf bat (Hipposideros cyclops).

References

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  1. ^ Landau, I.; Chabaud, A.-G. (1978). "Description de Plasmodium cyclopsi n. sp. parasite du Microchiroptère Hipposideros cyclops à Makokou (Gabon)". Annales de Parasitologie Humaine et Comparée. 53 (3): 247–253. doi:10.1051/parasite/1978533247. PMID 697287. Open access icon