Plasmodium (Haemamoeba)

Paperna, Ilan, Keong, Malcolm Soh Chu & May, Charlotte Yap Aye, 2008, Haemosporozoan Parasites Found In Birds In Peninsular Malaysia, Singapore, Sarawak And Java, Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 56 (2), pp. 211-243 : 218

Plasmodium (Haemamoeba) sp.

Locality. – Malaysia: Sarawak.

Description and Remarks. – Some erythrocytes contained round macrogametocytes, 5.0–5.7 × 4.4–4.8, with bluestaining cytoplasm containing 9–13 coarse pigment granules and a 1.7–2.6 × 0.7–2.2 red-staining nucleus. The erythrocytes 11.6–15.2 × 7.0–9.5 are distorted, with extremely laterally displaced 5.6–6.8 × 1.8–2.2 nuclei. These are less likely to be aged H. copsychi , found in the same host.