Plasmodium joyeuxi

Plasmodium joyeuxi is a parasite of the genus Plasmodium subgenus Vinckeia. As in Plasmodium species, P. joyeuxi has both vertebrate and insect hosts. The vertebrate hosts for this parasite are mammals.^[1]

Plasmodium joyeuxi
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Clade:	Sar
Clade:	Alveolata
Phylum:	Apicomplexa
Class:	Aconoidasida
Order:	Haemospororida
Family:	Plasmodiidae
Genus:	Plasmodium
Species:	P. joyeuxi
Binomial name
Plasmodium joyeuxi Ledger, 1928

Taxonomy

The parasite was first described by Ledger in 1928.

Hosts

The only known host for this species is the monkey Cercopithecis callitricus.