Plasmodium caprae
| Plasmodium caprae | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Clade: | Diaphoretickes |
| Clade: | SAR |
| Clade: | Alveolata |
| Phylum: | Apicomplexa |
| Class: | Aconoidasida |
| Order: | Haemospororida |
| Family: | Plasmodiidae |
| Genus: | Plasmodium |
| Species: | P. caprae
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| Binomial name | |
| Plasmodium caprae de Mello and Paes, 1923
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Plasmodium caprae is a parasite of the genus Plasmodium subgenus Vinckeia.
Like all Plasmodium species P. caprae has both
specific epithet
for P. caprae, "caprae," comes from the genus name, "Capra," for the goat.
Taxonomy
The parasite was first described by de Mello and Paes in 1923.
It was originally classified as Laverania caprae. Laverania is now recognised as a subgenus of Plasmodium and the correct current designation is Plasmodium caprae.
Distribution
This species was described in Angola.
References
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