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Plasmodium cercopitheci

Plasmodium cercopitheci
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Protista
Phylum: Apicomplexa
Class: Aconoidasida
Order: Haemosporida
Family: Plasmodiidae
Genus: Plasmodium
Species: P. cercopitheci
Binomial name
Plasmodium cercopitheci

Plasmodium cercopitheci is a parasite of the genus Plasmodium (subgenus Vinckeia) which infects the monkey Cercopithecis nictitans. The insect host of P. cercopitheci is unknown.

The parasite was first described by Thieler in 1930.

The only known host for this species is the monkey Cercopithecis nictitans.



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