Haemamoeba

Haemamoeba
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Clade:	Sar
Clade:	Alveolata
Phylum:	Apicomplexa
Class:	Aconoidasida
Order:	Haemospororida
Family:	Plasmodiidae
Genus:	Plasmodium
Subgenus:	Haemamoeba; Corradetti et al., 1963
Species
	See text

Haemamoeba is a subgenus of the genus Plasmodium — all of which are parasites. The subgenus was created in 1963 by created by Corradetti et al..^[1] Species in this subgenus infect birds.

Diagnostic features

Species in the subgenus Haemamoeba have the following characteristics:

Mature schizonts are larger than the host cell nucleus and commonly displace it.^{[citation needed]}

Gametocytes are large, round, oval or irregular in shape and are substantially larger than the host nucleus.^{[citation needed]}

Species in this subgenus

References

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

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[Corradetti1963-1] Corradetti A.; Garnham P.C.C.; Laird M. (1963). "New classification of the avian malaria parasites". Parassitologia. 5: 1–4.

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