Kingdom Protista Class Aconoidasida Family Plasmodiidae Scientific name Plasmodium australis | Phylum Apicomplexa Order Haemosporida Genus Plasmodium Rank Species | |
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Plasmodium australis is a parasite of the genus Plasmodium.
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Like all Plasmodium species P. australis has both vertebrate and insect hosts. The vertebrate hosts for this parasite are lizards.
Description
The parasite was first described by Mackerras in 1961 and was designated as Plasmodium giganteum. It was redescribed in 1988 by Telford who recognised it as a separate species.
Geographical occurrence
This species is found in Australia.
References
Plasmodium australis Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA