Plasmodium semnopitheci

Plasmodium semnopitheci is a parasite of the genus Plasmodium and subgenus Vinckeia. As in all Plasmodium species, P. semnopitheci has both vertebrate and insect hosts. P. semnopitheci was isolated from a monkey.[1]

Plasmodium semnopitheci
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Domain: Eukaryota
Clade: Diaphoretickes
Clade: SAR
Clade: Alveolata
Phylum: Apicomplexa
Class: Aconoidasida
Order: Haemospororida
Family: Plasmodiidae
Genus: Plasmodium
Species:
P. semnopitheci
Binomial name
Plasmodium semnopitheci
Knowles, 1919

Taxonomy

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The parasite was first described by Knowles in 1919.

Hosts

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The only known host of this species is the northern plains gray langur (Semnopithecus entellus).

References

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  1. ^ C. C. Bass (1921). The American Journal of Tropical Medicine, Volumes 1-2. Williams and Wilkins. p. 108. Retrieved 15 December 2016.