Plasmodium ashfordi

Plasmodium ashfordi is a species of the genus Plasmodium subgenus Papernaia.

Plasmodium ashfordi
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Clade: Diaphoretickes
Clade: SAR
Clade: Alveolata
Phylum: Apicomplexa
Class: Aconoidasida
Order: Haemospororida
Family: Plasmodiidae
Genus: Plasmodium
Species:
P. ashfordi
Binomial name
Plasmodium ashfordi
Valkiunas et al. 2007

Like all species in this genus it has both vertebrate and insect hosts. The vertebrate host are birds.

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