Phylum: Apicomplexa
Suborder : Adeleina
Family : Haemogregarinidae
- Representative species have macrogamont and macrogamont associated to each other (Syzygyi) during their development.
- Sporozoites are enclosed in an envelope.
- Heteroxenous having schizogony and gamonts in cell of circulatory system of vertebrate and sporogony in invertebrates.
- Only one genus ‘Hepatozoon’ is included in this family , which is of veterinary importance.