Kingdom Protista Class Aconoidasida Family Plasmodiidae Scientific name Plasmodium hegneri People also search for Plasmodium gundersi | Phylum Apicomplexa Order Haemosporida Genus Plasmodium Rank Species | |
Plasmodium hegneri is a parasite of the genus Plasmodium subgenus Giovannolaia.
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Like all Plasmodium species P. hegneri has both vertebrate and insect hosts. The vertebrate hosts for this parasite are birds.
Description
The parasite was first described by Manwell and Kuntz in 1966.
It is related to the following species
Plasmodium asanum
Plasmodium circumflexum
Plasmodium durae
Plasmodium fallax
Plasmodium formosanum
Plasmodium gabaldoni
Plasmodium lophrae
Plasmodium lophrae
Plasmodium pediocetti
Plasmodium pinotti
Plasmodium polare
Geographical occurrence
This species was originally isolated in Taiwan but is likely to be much more widespread.
Clinical features and host pathology
This species infects the common or European teal (Anas crecca).
References
Plasmodium hegneri Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA