Plasmodium
Plasmodium is a genus of unicellular eukaryotes that are obligate parasites of vertebrates and insects. The life cycles of Plasmodium species involve development in a blood-feeding insect host which then injects parasites into a vertebrate host... Wikipedia
Lower classifications: Plasmodium falciparum, Malaria parasite P. vivax, Plasmodium malariae, and more
Class: Aconoidasida
Scientific name: Plasmodium
Phylum: Apicomplexa
Genus: Plasmodium; Marchiafava & Celli, 1885
Domain: Eukaryota
Family: Plasmodiidae