Haemogregarina

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Haemogregarina
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Protista
Phylum: Apicomplexa
Class: Conoidasida
Order: Eucoccidiorida
Suborder: Adeleorina
Family: Haemogregarinidae
Genus: Haemogregarina
Species
  • H. balli
  • H. bettencourti
  • H. bigemina
  • H. delegai
  • H. georgianae
  • H. myoxocephali

And others.

Haemogregarina is a genus of hemoprotozoans, parasitic mainly in cold-blooded vertebrates. It was described in 1885 by Danilewsky from the european pond turtle (Emys orbicularis). They are unicellular organisms which are parasitic in the red blood cells.

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