Sauramoeba

Sauramoeba
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Clade: Diaphoretickes
Clade: SAR
Clade: Alveolata
Phylum: Apicomplexa
Class: Aconoidasida
Order: Haemospororida
Family: Plasmodiidae
Genus: Plasmodium
Subgenus: Sauramoeba
Garnham, 1966

Sauramoeba is a subgenus of the genus Plasmodium, all of which are parasitic eukaryotes. The subgenus was created in 1966 by Garnham.[1] Species in this subgenus infect reptiles.

  1. ^ Garnham, P.C.C. (1966). Malaria parasites and other Haemosporidia. Blackwell Scientific. ISBN 9780632017706. OCLC 602883318.