plasmodium gundersi plasmodium gundersi plasmodium gundersi is a parasite of the genus plasmodium subgenus giovannolaia. plasmodium gundersi scientific classification domain: eukaryota clade: diaphoretickes clade: tsar clade: sar clade: alveolata phylum: apicomplexa class: aconoidasida order: haemospororida family: plasmodiidae genus: plasmodium species: p. gundersi binomial name plasmodium gundersibray, 1962 like all plasmodium species p. gundersi has both vertebrate and insect hosts. the vertebrate hosts for this parasite are birds. taxonomy the parasite was first described by bray in 1962. hosts vertebrate hosts of this species include the eastern screech owl (otus asio).