Ophidiella
Encyclopedia
Ophidiella is a subgenus of the genus
Plasmodium
created in 1966 by Garnham. .
It was created as a subgenus for the then only known species infecting snake
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Plasmodium tomodoni
Plasmodium wenyoni
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
Plasmodium
Plasmodium
Plasmodium is a genus of parasitic protists. Infection by these organisms is known as malaria. The genus Plasmodium was described in 1885 by Ettore Marchiafava and Angelo Celli. Currently over 200 species of this genus are recognized and new species continue to be described.Of the over 200 known...
created in 1966 by Garnham. .
It was created as a subgenus for the then only known species infecting snake
Snake
Snakes are elongate, legless, carnivorous reptiles of the suborder Serpentes that can be distinguished from legless lizards by their lack of eyelids and external ears. Like all squamates, snakes are ectothermic, amniote vertebrates covered in overlapping scales...
s - Plasmodium wenyoni
Plasmodium wenyoni
Plasmodium wenyoni is a parasite of the genus Plasmodium.Like all Plasmodium species P. wenyoni has both vertebrate and insect hosts. The vertebrate hosts for this parasite are reptiles.- Description :...
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Species in this subgenus
Plasmodium pessoaiPlasmodium pessoai
Plasmodium pessoai is a parasite of the genus Plasmodium.Like all Plasmodium species P. pessoai has both vertebrate and insect hosts. The vertebrate hosts for this parasite are reptiles.- Description :...
Plasmodium tomodoni
Plasmodium tomodoni
Plasmodium tomodoni is a parasite of the genus Plasmodium.Like all Plasmodium species P. tomodoni has both vertebrate and insect hosts. The vertebrate hosts for this parasite are reptiles.- Clinical features and host pathology :...
Plasmodium wenyoni
Plasmodium wenyoni
Plasmodium wenyoni is a parasite of the genus Plasmodium.Like all Plasmodium species P. wenyoni has both vertebrate and insect hosts. The vertebrate hosts for this parasite are reptiles.- Description :...