Haemoproteus homovelans | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Clade: | Diaphoretickes |
Clade: | SAR |
Clade: | Alveolata |
Phylum: | Apicomplexa |
Class: | Aconoidasida |
Order: | Chromatorida |
Family: | Haemoproteidae |
Genus: | Haemoproteus |
Species: | H. homovelans
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Binomial name | |
Haemoproteus homovelans Dimitrov et al., 2014
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Haemoproteus homovelans is a parasite first found in the Grey-faced Woodpecker, Picus canus, in Bulgaria. Haemoproteus homovelans has circumnuclear gametocytes that lack volutin granules. The species is similar to Haemoproteus velans, yet the latter's gametocytes are overfilled with volutin.[1]