Giovannolaia

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Giovannolaia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Clade: Diaphoretickes
Clade: SAR
Clade: Alveolata
Phylum: Apicomplexa
Class: Aconoidasida
Order: Haemospororida
Family: Plasmodiidae
Genus: Plasmodium
Subgenus: Giovannolaia
Corradetti et al., 1963
Species

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Giovanolaia is a subgenus of the genus

birds
.

This subgenus was shown on the basis of DNA analysis to be

polyphyletic. This is unsurprising – it has been a wastebasket taxon. A revision of this subgenus on a morphological basis by Landau et al. moved several of the species in this subgenus into a new subgenus Papernaia.[2]

Description

Species in the subgenus Giovanolaia have the following characteristics:

erythrocytes
.

Gametocytes
are elongated.

Both gametocytes and schizonts are stretched along the red cell nucleus.

Exoerythrocytic schizogony occurs in the

mononuclear phagocyte
system.

Species in this subgenus

References

  1. ^ Corradetti A.; Garnham P.C.C.; Laird M. (1963). "New classification of the avian malaria parasites". Parassitologia. 5: 1–4.
  2. ^
    PMID 20387732
    .
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