Plasmodium
Common Name: Plasmodium
Scientific Name: Plasmodium
Phylum: Apicomplexa
Class: Aconoidasida
Other Taxonomy: Order: Haemosporida Family: Plasmodiidae
Specimen #:10
Circumstance: Observed online
Specimen Condition: Specimen condition presumed dead
Location: Unknown (online)
Typical Habitat: The parasite always has two hosts in its life cycle: a vector—usually a mosquito—and a vertebrate host.
Invasive? Not an invasive species
Natural area of growth: Inside a vertebrate host
Relationship with humans: Causes Malaria
Evolutionary Significance: Current (2007) theory suggests that the genera Plasmodium, Hepatocystis and Haemoproteus evolved from one or more Leucocytozoon species. Parasites of the genusLeucocytozoon infect white blood cells (leukocytes) and liver and spleen cells, and are transmitted by 'black flies' (Simulium species) — a large genus of flies related to the mosquitoes.
Sources: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plasmodium
Scientific Name: Plasmodium
Phylum: Apicomplexa
Class: Aconoidasida
Other Taxonomy: Order: Haemosporida Family: Plasmodiidae
Specimen #:10
Circumstance: Observed online
Specimen Condition: Specimen condition presumed dead
Location: Unknown (online)
Typical Habitat: The parasite always has two hosts in its life cycle: a vector—usually a mosquito—and a vertebrate host.
Invasive? Not an invasive species
Natural area of growth: Inside a vertebrate host
Relationship with humans: Causes Malaria
Evolutionary Significance: Current (2007) theory suggests that the genera Plasmodium, Hepatocystis and Haemoproteus evolved from one or more Leucocytozoon species. Parasites of the genusLeucocytozoon infect white blood cells (leukocytes) and liver and spleen cells, and are transmitted by 'black flies' (Simulium species) — a large genus of flies related to the mosquitoes.
Sources: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plasmodium