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Haemogregarina
Sign in to saveHaemogregarina is a genus of haemoprotozoans, parasitic mainly on cold-blooded vertebrates. They are unicellular organisms which are parasitic in the red blood cells. Haemogregarina infects lower vertebrates (fish and reptiles) as intermediate hosts and leeches as definitive hosts.
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- KingdomChromista
- PhylumMyzozoa
- ClassConoidasida
- OrderEucoccidiorida
- FamilyHaemogregarinidae
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- Specimen records
- 1,119
- With media
- 22
- Family
- Haemogregarinidae
- Collections
- USNM, YPM
- Recorded in
- United States
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- Haemogregarinidae
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Haemogregarina is a genus of haemoprotozoans, parasitic mainly on cold-blooded vertebrates. They are unicellular organisms which are parasitic in the red blood cells. Haemogregarina infects lower vertebrates (fish and reptiles) as intermediate hosts and leeches as definitive hosts.
==History== It was described in 1885 by Danilewsky from the European pond turtle (Emys orbicularis).
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