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Haemoproteus concavocentralis

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Phylum
  
Apicomplexa

Order
  
Haemospororida

Genus
  
Haemoproteus

Class
  
Aconoidasida

Family
  
Haemoproteidae

Species
  
H. homovelans

Haemoproteus concavocentralis is a parasite first found in the Hawfinch, Coccothraustes coccothraustes, in Bulgaria. The species can be distinguished from other avian haemoproteids due to an unfilled concave space between the central part of its advanced gametocytes and erythrocyte nucleus.

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Haemoproteus concavocentralis Wikipedia