plasmodium achiotense plasmodium achiotense plasmodium achiotense is a parasite of the genus plasmodium subgenus sauramoeba. plasmodium achiotense scientific classification domain: eukaryota clade: diaphoretickes clade: tsar clade: sar clade: alveolata phylum: apicomplexa class: aconoidasida order: haemospororida family: plasmodiidae genus: plasmodium species: p. achiotense binomial name plasmodium achiotensetelford, 1972 as in all plasmodium species, p. achiotense has both vertebrate and insect hosts. the vertebrate hosts for this parasite are reptiles. taxonomy the parasite was first described by telford in 1972. description the gametocytes are round to ovoid in shape. they occupy a polar position in the erythrocytes which are enlarged and deformed. vectors not known.