Plasmodium relictum
| Plasmodium biziurae | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Protista |
| Phylum: | Apicomplexa |
| Class: | Aconoidasida |
| Order: | Haemosporida |
| Family: | Plasmodiidae |
| Genus: | Plasmodium |
| Species: | P. relictum |
| Binomial name | |
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Plasmodium relictum |
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| Synonyms | |
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Plasmodium paddae |
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Plasmodium relictum or Plasmodium biziurae is a parasite of the genus Plasmodium.
Like all Plasmodium species, P. biziurae has both vertebrate and insect hosts. The vertebrate hosts for this parasite are birds.
Plasmodium paddae
The parasite was first described by Gilruth, Sweet and Dodd in 1910.
The only known host for this species is the musk duck, Biziura lobata.
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