Plasmodium dominicana

"Plasmodium dominicana" is a parasite of the genus "Plasmodium".

The species is only known from a mosquito fossil in amber dating from the Tertiary era. The fossil was found in what is now the Dominican Republic.

Taxobox
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regnum = Protista
phylum = Apicomplexa
classis = Aconoidasida
ordo = Haemosporida
familia = Plasmodiidae
genus = "Plasmodium"
species = "P. dominicana"
binomial = "Plasmodium dominicana"

Description

The parasite was first described by Poinar in 2005. Poinar G Jr. (2005) "Plasmodium dominicana" n. sp. (Plasmodiidae: Haemospororida) from Tertiary Dominican amber. Syst. Parasitol. 61(1):47-52. ] It appears that it may have been a relation of "Plasmodium juxtanucleare" which would place it in the subgenus "Bennettinia".

Geographical occurrence

Fossil found in the Dominican Republic.

Clinical features and host pathology

The host seems likely to have been a member of the order Galliformes but this cannot be confirmed.

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