plasmodium mabuiae plasmodium mabuiae plasmodium mabuiae is a parasite of the genus plasmodium subgenus carinamoeba. plasmodium mabuiae scientific classification domain: eukaryota clade: diaphoretickes clade: tsar clade: sar clade: alveolata phylum: apicomplexa class: aconoidasida order: haemospororida family: plasmodiidae genus: plasmodium species: p. mabuiae binomial name plasmodium mabuiaeweyon, 1909 like all plasmodium species p. mabuiae has both vertebrate and insect hosts. the vertebrate hosts for this parasite are reptiles. taxonomy this species was first described by weyon in 1909 in sudan. description the schizonts are less than or equal to the host cell nucleus in size. each schizont produces four to eight merozoites. the gametocytes are elongate and equal to or slightly larger than host cell nuclei, and are found diagonally across one end of the host cell. description this species is found in tanzania (dar-es-salaam and morogoro). hosts this species infects the african striped skink (mabuya striata).