plasmodium lygosomae plasmodium lygosomae plasmodium lygosomae is a parasite of the genus plasmodium subgenus carinamoeba. plasmodium lygosomae scientific classification domain: eukaryota clade: diaphoretickes clade: tsar clade: sar clade: alveolata phylum: apicomplexa class: aconoidasida order: haemospororida family: plasmodiidae genus: plasmodium species: p. lygosomae binomial name plasmodium lygosomaelaird, 1951 like all plasmodium species p. lygosomae has both vertebrate and insect hosts. the vertebrate hosts for this parasite are reptiles. description the parasite was first described by laird in 1951. the schizonts give rise to 4 merozoites. the gametocytes are elongate in form. distribution this species is found in new zealand. hosts the only known host is the lizard lygosoma moco. this host species has recently been renamed oligosoma moco.