Paraplasmodium

Paraplasmodium
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Clade: Diaphoretickes
Clade: SAR
Clade: Alveolata
Phylum: Apicomplexa
Class: Aconoidasida
Order: Haemospororida
Family: Plasmodiidae
Genus: Plasmodium
Subgenus: Paraplasmodium
Telford, 1988
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Paraplasmodium is a subgenus of the genus Plasmodium - all of which are parasitic eukaryotes. The subgenus was created by Telford in 1988. Species in this subgenus infect lizards.[1]

  1. ^ Telford Jr., Sam Rountree (1988). "A Contribution to the Systematics of the Reptilian Malaria Parasites, Family Plasmodiidae (Apicomplexa: Haemospororina)". Bulletin of the Florida State Museum of Natural Sciences. 34 (2): 65–96. doi:10.58782/flmnh.tryl4746.