{{Short description|Subgenus of single-celled organisms}} {{Automatic taxobox | taxon = Haemamoeba | authority = Corradetti ''et al.'', 1963 | subdivision_ranks = Species | subdivision = 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.''.<ref name=Corradetti1963>{{cite journal |author1=Corradetti A. |author2=Garnham P.C.C. |author3=Laird M. |title=New classification of the avian malaria parasites |journal=Parassitologia |volume=5 |pages=1–4 |year=1963 }}</ref> Species in this subgenus infect birds. __TOC__ == Diagnostic features ==

Species in the subgenus ''Haemamoeba'' have the following characteristics:

Mature schizonts are larger than the host cell nucleus and commonly displace it.{{cn|date=April 2023}}

Gametocytes are large, round, oval or irregular in shape and are substantially larger than the host nucleus.{{cn|date=April 2023}}

== Species in this subgenus == * ''Plasmodium cathemerium'' * ''Plasmodium coggeshalli'' * ''Plasmodium elongatum'' * ''Plasmodium gallinaceum'' * ''Plasmodium giovannolai'' * ''Plasmodium griffithsi'' * ''Plasmodium lutzi'' * ''Plasmodium matutinum'' * ''Plasmodium parvulum'' * ''Plasmodium relictum'' * ''Plasmodium tejerai''

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Category:Plasmodium subgenera Category:Parasites of birds

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