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Plasmodium is a Eukaryote, an organism whose cells have a nucleus, but with unusual features. All the species examined to date have 14 chromosomes, one mitochondrion and one plastid (also known as apicoplast, an organelle similar to a chloroplast). The chromosomes vary from 500 kilobases to 3.5 megabases in length.
More specifically, Plasmodium belongs to the Apicomplexa group of protozoans, which are characterised as being parasites of animals, and possessing several unique characteristics, such as an apical complex structure used for invading host cells, and from which the group derives its name.