haemosporidian

English

Noun

haemosporidian (plural haemosporidians or haemosporidia)

1. Any parasitic protozoa of the order Haemosporida
   • 2015 December 15, “Spatial Isolation and Temporal Variation in Fitness and Condition Facilitate Divergence in a Migratory Divide”, in PLOS ONE‎^[1], →DOI:

     A plausible explanation is that infection with some haemosporidian species is known to have no or only a slightly negative effect on the fitness of their bird host (e.g. Haemoproteus parabelopolskyi in blackcaps [47 ] and some Plasmodium genetic lineages in great reed warblers (Acrocephalus arundinaceus) [48 ]).