plasmodium rhadinurum plasmodium rhadinurum plasmodium rhadinurum is a parasite of the genus plasmodium subgenus carinamoeba. plasmodium rhadinurum scientific classification domain: eukaryota clade: diaphoretickes clade: tsar clade: sar clade: alveolata phylum: apicomplexa class: aconoidasida order: haemospororida family: plasmodiidae genus: plasmodium species: p. rhadinurum binomial name plasmodium rhadinurumthompson and huff, 1944 like all plasmodium species p. rhadinurum has both vertebrate and insect hosts. the vertebrate hosts for this parasite are reptiles. description the parasite was first described by thompson and huff in 1944. the schizonts give rise to 4 - 8 merozoites. the gametocytes are round or elongate and may encircle the nucleus. distribution this species is found in venezuela. hosts this species infects the lizard iguana iguana iguana.