Haemoproteus concavocentralis

Haemoproteus concavocentralis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Chromalveolata
Phylum: Apicomplexa
Class: Aconoidasida
Order: Haemospororida
Family: Haemoproteidae
Genus: Haemoproteus
Species: H. homovelans
Binomial name
Haemoproteus (Parahaemoproteus) concavocentralis
Dimitrov et al., 2014

Haemoproteus (Parahaemoproteus) concavocentralis is a parasite first found in the Hawfinch, Coccothraustes coccothraustes, in Bulgaria. The species can be distinguished from other avian haemoproteids due to an unfilled concave space between the central part of its advanced gametocytes and erythrocyte nucleus.[1]

References

  1. Dimitrov, Dimitar; Zehtindjiev, Pavel; Bensch, Staffan; Ilieva, Mihaela; Iezhova, Tatjana; Valkiūnas, Gediminas (2014). "Two new species of Haemoproteus Kruse, 1890 (Haemosporida, Haemoproteidae) from European birds, with emphasis on DNA barcoding for detection of haemosporidians in wildlife". Systematic Parasitology. 87 (2): 135–151. doi:10.1007/s11230-013-9464-1. ISSN 0165-5752.

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