Plasmodium coulangesi
{{Short description|Species of single-celled organism}}
{{Speciesbox
| genus = Plasmodium
| species = coulangesi
| authority = Lepers et al.,1989
}}
Plasmodium coulangesi is a parasite of the genus Plasmodium subgenus Vinckeia. As in all Plasmodium species, P. coulangesi has both vertebrate and insect hosts. The vertebrate hosts for this parasite are mammals.
Taxonomy
The parasite was first described by Lepers et al. in 1989.{{cite journal|last1=Lepers|first1=J.-P.|last2=Rabetafika|first2=L.|last3=Landau|first3=I.|last4=Peters|first4=W.|title=Une nouvelle espèce Plasmodiale chez un lémurien : Plasmodium coulangesi n. sp.|journal=Annales de Parasitologie Humaine et Comparée|volume=64|issue=3|year=1989|pages=163–170|issn=0003-4150|doi=10.1051/parasite/1989643163|pmid=2764451|url=http://www.parasite-journal.org/articles/parasite/abs/1989/03/parasite1989643p163/parasite1989643p163.html|doi-access=free}} {{open access}}
Clinical features and host pathology
The only known host for this species is the lemur Lemur macaco macaco.