Plasmodium robinsoni is a parasite of the genus Plasmodium subgenus Sauramoeba.
| Plasmodium robinsoni | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Clade: | Diaphoretickes |
| Clade: | SAR |
| Clade: | Alveolata |
| Phylum: | Apicomplexa |
| Class: | Aconoidasida |
| Order: | Haemospororida |
| Family: | Plasmodiidae |
| Genus: | Plasmodium |
| Species: | P. robinsoni
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| Binomial name | |
| Plasmodium robinsoni Brygoo, 1962
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Like all Plasmodium species P. robinsoni has both vertebrate and insect hosts. The vertebrate hosts for this parasite are lizards.
Description
editThe species was first described by Brygoo in 1962 in the chameleon (Chamaeleo brevicornis).
Geographical occurrence
editThis species is found in Madagascar.
Clinical features and host pathology
editThis species is known to infect the chameleon species Chamaeleo brevicornis and Chamaelo parsoni crucifer.[1]
References
edit- ^ Telford, S. R.; Jr.; Landau, I. (1987). "Plasmodium brygooi sp. n. from Chamaeleo brevicornis of Madagascar, with a redescription of Plasmodium robinsoni (Brygoo, 1962) from its type host and an additional host, Chamaeleo parsoni crucifer". Annales de Parasitologie Humaine et Comparée. 62 (5): 395–404. doi:10.1051/parasite/1987625395.
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