plasmodium coggeshalli plasmodium coggeshalli plasmodium coggeshalli is a parasite of the genus plasmodium subgenus haemamoeba. plasmodium coggeshalli scientific classification domain: eukaryota clade: diaphoretickes clade: tsar clade: sar clade: alveolata phylum: apicomplexa class: aconoidasida order: haemospororida family: plasmodiidae genus: plasmodium species: p. coggeshalli binomial name plasmodium coggeshalligres & landau, 1997 like all plasmodium species p. coggeshalli has both vertebrate and insect hosts. the vertebrate hosts for this parasite are birds. taxonomy the type specimen had been originally classified as plasmodium lophurae but was described as a new species by gres and landau in 1997 based on morphology of the parasite and host cell.