Plasmodium achromaticum

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Plasmodium achromaticum
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. achromaticum
Binomial name
Plasmodium achromaticum
Yakimoff and Stolinikoff, 1912

Plasmodium achromaticum is a parasite of the genus Plasmodium subgenus Vinckeia.

As in all Plasmodium species, P. achromaticum has both vertebrate and insect hosts. The vertebrate hosts for this parasite are mammals.

Taxonomy[edit]

The parasite was first described by Yakimoff and Stolinikoff in 1912.[citation needed]

Vectors[edit]

Not known.

Hosts[edit]

The only known host for this species is the bat Achromaticum versperuginus.[citation needed]

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