asiamoeba asiamoeba asiamoeba is a subgenus of the genus plasmodium - all of which are parasitic unicellular eukaryotes. the subgenus was created by telford in 1988. species in this subgenus infect lizards. asiamoeba scientific classification domain: eukaryota clade: diaphoretickes clade: tsar clade: sar clade: alveolata phylum: apicomplexa class: aconoidasida order: haemospororida family: plasmodiidae genus: plasmodium subgenus: asiamoebatelford, 1988 species see text diagnostic features species in the subgenus asiamoeba have the following characteristics: the schizonts and gametocytes are greatly disparate in size (4 to 15 times). species in this subgenus plasmodium draconis plasmodium lionatum plasmodium vastator