Plasmodium lemuris

Plasmodium lemuris
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. lemuris
Binomial name
Plasmodium lemuris
Huff and Hoogstraal, 1963

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

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