Lacertamoeba

Lacertamoeba
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Clade:	Diaphoretickes
Clade:	SAR
Clade:	Alveolata
Phylum:	Apicomplexa
Class:	Aconoidasida
Order:	Haemospororida
Family:	Plasmodiidae
Genus:	Plasmodium
Subgenus:	Lacertamoeba Telford, 1979
Species
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Lacertamoeba is a subgenus of the genus Plasmodium — all of which are parasites. All species in this subgenus infect reptiles.

Taxonomy

This subgenus was created by Telford to refine the classification of species then given as Plasmodium tropiduri.^[1]

Species

• Plasmodium arachniformis
• Plasmodium brygooi
• Plasmodium cnemaspi
• Plasmodium fischeri
• Plasmodium floridense
• Plasmodium gologoense
• Plasmodium holaspi
• Plasmodium intabazwe
• Plasmodium lepidoptiformis
• Plasmodium loveridgei
• Plasmodium pitmani
• Plasmodium tanzaniae
• Plasmodium torrealbai
• Plasmodium tropiduri
• Plasmodium uluguruense
• Plasmodium uzungwiense
• Plasmodium vautieri
• Plasmodium zonuriae

Diagnostic features

Species in the subgenus Lacertamoeba have the following characteristics:The gametocytes are medium-sized The schizonts undergo 3 to 5 nuclear divisions and are also medium-sized.^{[citation needed]}

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