Plasmodium inopinatum
| Plasmodium inopinatum | |
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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. inopinatum
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| Binomial name | |
| Plasmodium inopinatum Resseler, 1952
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Plasmodium inopinatum is a parasite of the genus Plasmodium subgenus Vinckeia. As in all Plasmodium species, P. inopinatum has both vertebrate and insect hosts. The vertebrate hosts for this parasite are mammals.
Taxonomy[edit]
The parasite was first described by Resseler in 1952.[1]
Distribution[edit]
This species was described in Belgium.
References[edit]
- ^ Resseler R. (1956) A new rat Plasmodium in Belgium: Plasmodium inopinatum n. sp. Ann. Soc. Belg. Med. Trop. 36(3):259-263
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