Plasmodium joyeuxi
| Plasmodium joyeuxi | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| 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
The parasite was first described by Ledger in 1928.
Hosts
The only known host for this species is the monkey Cercopithecis callitricus.
References
- ^ Marcel Leger (1928). "Plasmodium of West African Cercopithecus callitrichus". Annales de l'Institut Pasteur. 42 (7): 770–781. Retrieved 14 December 2016.