''Ophidiella'' is a subgenus of the
genus
Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...
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Plasmodium
''Plasmodium'' is a genus of unicellular eukaryotes that are obligate parasites of vertebrates and insects. The life cycles of ''Plasmodium'' species involve development in a Hematophagy, blood-feeding insect host (biology), host which then inj ...
'' created in 1966 by
Garnham.
[Garnham P.C.C. (1966) Malaria Parasites and Other Haemosporidia. Oxford, Blackwell]
It was created as a subgenus for the then only known species infecting
snake
Snakes are elongated limbless reptiles of the suborder Serpentes (). Cladistically squamates, snakes are ectothermic, amniote vertebrates covered in overlapping scales much like other members of the group. Many species of snakes have s ...
s - ''
Plasmodium wenyoni''.
Species
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Plasmodium pessoai''
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Plasmodium tomodoni''
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Plasmodium wenyoni''
References
Plasmodium subgenera
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