garniidae garniidae the garniidae are a family of parasites in the phylum apicomplexia. like many species in the apicomplexia, all species in this family have two hosts in their lifecycles – one in a vertebrate and one in an invertebrate. the vertebrate hosts are reptiles or birds, but the invertebrate hosts are not known for many of the species. garniidae scientific classification domain: eukaryota clade: diaphoretickes clade: tsar clade: sar clade: alveolata phylum: apicomplexa class: aconoidasida order: haemospororida family: garniidae genera fallisia garnia progarnia species in this family are parasites of erythrocytes and diverse white blood cells. they do not produce pigment, but do have an asexual cycle in the blood. the type genus is garnia. taxonomy the genera recognised in this family are: fallisia garnia progarnia