Plasmodium tyrio

Short description: Species of single-celled organism

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

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. ↑ 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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