Kingdom Protista Class Aconoidasida Family Plasmodiidae Scientific name Plasmodium lucens | Phylum Apicomplexa Order Haemosporida Genus Plasmodium Rank Species | |
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Plasmodium lucens is a parasite of the genus Plasmodium subgenus Novyella
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Like all Plasmodium species P. lucens has both vertebrate and insect hosts. The vertebrate hosts for this parasite are birds.
Description
The parasite was first described by Valkiūnas et al. in 2008.
Geographical occurrence
This parasite is found in West Africa.
Vectors
Not known.
Clinical features and host pathology
P. lucens infects the olive sunbird (Cyanomitra olivacea)
References
Plasmodium lucens Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA