# Haemamoeba

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{{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](/source/genus) ''[Plasmodium](/source/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](/source/Species) in this subgenus infect [bird](/source/bird)s.
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== Diagnostic features ==

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

Mature [schizont](/source/schizont)s are larger than the host [cell](/source/Cell_(biology)) [nucleus](/source/Cell_nucleus) and commonly displace it.{{cn|date=April 2023}}

[Gametocyte](/source/Gametocyte)s 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](/source/Plasmodium_cathemerium)''
* ''[Plasmodium coggeshalli](/source/Plasmodium_coggeshalli)''
* ''[Plasmodium elongatum](/source/Plasmodium_elongatum)''
* ''[Plasmodium gallinaceum](/source/Plasmodium_gallinaceum)''
* ''[Plasmodium giovannolai](/source/Plasmodium_giovannolai)''
* ''[Plasmodium griffithsi](/source/Plasmodium_griffithsi)''
* ''[Plasmodium lutzi](/source/Plasmodium_lutzi)''
* ''[Plasmodium matutinum](/source/Plasmodium_matutinum)''
* ''[Plasmodium parvulum](/source/Plasmodium_parvulum)''
* ''[Plasmodium relictum](/source/Plasmodium_relictum)''
* ''[Plasmodium tejerai](/source/Plasmodium_tejerai)''

== References ==<!-- Caldasia28:371. -->
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Category:Plasmodium subgenera
Category:Parasites of birds

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