plasmodium paranucleophilum plasmodium paranucleophilum plasmodium paranucleophilum is a parasite of the genus plasmodium subgenus novyella. as in all plasmodium species, p. paranucleophilum has both vertebrate and insect hosts. the vertebrate hosts for this parasite are birds. plasmodium paranucleophilum scientific classification domain: eukaryota clade: diaphoretickes clade: tsar clade: sar clade: alveolata phylum: apicomplexa class: aconoidasida order: haemospororida family: plasmodiidae genus: plasmodium species: p. paranucleophilum binomial name plasmodium paranucleophilummanwell and sessler, 1971 taxonomy the parasite was first described by manwell and sessler in 1971. distribution this species was described in south america. hosts the only known host is a tanager (tachyphonus species).