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Plasmodium joyeuxi

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Plasmodium joyeuxi
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. joyeuxi
Binomial name
Plasmodium joyeuxi
Ledger, 1928

Plasmodium joyeuxi is a parasite of the genus Plasmodium subgenus Vinckeia. As in Plasmodium species, P. joyeuxi has both vertebrate and insect hosts. The vertebrate hosts for this parasite are mammals.[1]

Taxonomy

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The parasite was first described by Ledger in 1928.

Hosts

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The only known host for this species is the monkey Cercopithecis callitricus.

References

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  1. ^ Marcel Leger (1928). "Plasmodium of West African Cercopithecus callitrichus". Annales de l'Institut Pasteur. 42 (7): 770–781. Retrieved 14 December 2016.