Lacertamoeba
{{Short description|Subgenus of single-celled organisms}}
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| taxon = Lacertamoeba
| authority = Telford, 1979
| subdivision_ranks = Species
| subdivision = See text
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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.{{cite journal |vauthors=Telford SR |title=A taxonomic reconsideration of some Plasmodium species from iguanid lizards |journal=Ann Parasitol Hum Comp |volume=54 |issue=2 |pages=129–44 |year=1979 |doi=10.1051/parasite/1979542129 |pmid=539715 |doi-access=free }}
= 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.{{cn|date=May 2021}}
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