Plasmodium lucens

Plasmodium lucens is a parasite of the genus Plasmodium subgenus Novyella. As in all Plasmodium species, P. lucens has both vertebrate and insect hosts. The vertebrate hosts for this parasite are birds.

Plasmodium lucens
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Clade: Diaphoretickes
Clade: TSAR
Clade: SAR
Clade: Alveolata
Phylum: Apicomplexa
Class: Aconoidasida
Order: Haemospororida
Family: Plasmodiidae
Genus: Plasmodium
Species:
P. lucens
Binomial name
Plasmodium lucens
Valkiūnas et al., 2008

Taxonomy

The parasite was first described by Valkiūnas et al. in 2008.[1]

Distribution

This parasite is found in West Africa.

Vectors

Not known.

Hosts

P. lucens infects the olive sunbird (Cyanomitra olivacea).

References

  1. Valkiūnas G., Iezhova T.A., Loiseau C., Smith T.B., Sehgal R.N. (2008) New malaria parasites of the subgenus Novyella in African rainforest birds, with remarks on their high prevalence, classification and diagnostics. Parasitol. Res.


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