Plasmodium achromaticum | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Protista |
Phylum: | Apicomplexa |
Class: | Aconoidasida |
Order: | Haemosporida |
Family: | Plasmodiidae |
Genus: | Plasmodium |
Species: | P. achromaticum |
Binomial name | |
Plasmodium achromaticum |
Plasmodium achromaticum is a parasite of the genus Plasmodium subgenus Vinckeia.
Like all Plasmodium species P. achromaticum has both vertebrate and insect hosts. The vertebrate hosts for this parasite are mammals.
The parasite was first described by Yakimoff and Stolinikoff in 1912.
Not known.
The only known host for this species is the bat Achromaticum versperuginus.