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Plasmodium caprae

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Plasmodium caprae
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Clade: Diaphoretickes
Clade: SAR
Clade: Alveolata
Phylum: Apicomplexa
Class: Aconoidasida
Order: Haemospororida
Family: Plasmodiidae
Genus: Plasmodium
Species:
P. caprae
Binomial name
Plasmodium caprae
de Mello and Paes, 1923

Plasmodium caprae is a parasite of the genus Plasmodium subgenus Vinckeia.

Like all Plasmodium species P. caprae has both vertebrate and insect hosts. The vertebrate hosts for this parasite are domestic goats, Capra aegagrus.[citation needed] The specific epithet for P. caprae, "caprae," comes from the genus name, "Capra," for the goat.

Taxonomy

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The parasite was first described by de Mello and Paes in 1923.

It was originally classified as Laverania caprae. Laverania is now recognised as a subgenus of Plasmodium and the correct current designation is Plasmodium caprae.

Distribution

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This species was described in Angola.

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