Plasmodium Tyrio

Plasmodium tyrio
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Clade:	Diaphoretickes
Clade:	SAR
Clade:	Alveolata
Phylum:	Apicomplexa
Class:	Aconoidasida
Order:	Haemospororida
Family:	Plasmodiidae
Genus:	Plasmodium
Species:	P. tyrio
Binomial name
	Plasmodium tyrio; de Mello et al., 1928

Short description: Species of single-celled organism

Plasmodium tyrio is a parasite of the genus Plasmodium. As in all Plasmodium species, P. tyrio has both vertebrate and insect hosts. Its only known vertebrate host is the Chinese pangolin.^[1]

Taxonomy

The parasite was first described by de Mello, Fernandes, Correia and Lobo in 1928.

Hosts

The only known host of this species is the Chinese pangolin (Manis pentadactyla).^[1]

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Levine ND (2017). The Protozoan Phylum Apicomplexa, Volume 2. CRC Press. ISBN 978-1315897011. https://books.google.com/books?id=9LxHDwAAQBAJ&q="P.+tyrio"&pg=PA1972. Retrieved 26 January 2018.

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[Levin-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Levine ND (2017). The Protozoan Phylum Apicomplexa, Volume 2. CRC Press. ISBN 978-1315897011. https://books.google.com/books?id=9LxHDwAAQBAJ&q="P.+tyrio"&pg=PA1972. Retrieved 26 January 2018.