Plasmodium semnopitheci | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Protista |
Phylum: | Apicomplexa |
Class: | Aconoidasida |
Order: | Haemosporida |
Family: | Plasmodiidae |
Genus: | Plasmodium |
Species: | P. semnopitheci |
Binomial name | |
Plasmodium semnopitheci |
Plasmodium semnopitheci is a parasite of the genus Plasmodium and subgenus Vinckeia.
Like all Plasmodium species P. semnopitheci has both vertebrate and insect hosts. P. semnopitheci was isolated from a monkey.
The parasite was first described by Knowles in 1919.
The only known host of this species is the monkey Semnopithecus entellus.