Spirogregarina fusiformis Wood and Herman, 1943, a diatom misidentified as an avian blood parasite.
Examination of the hapantotype of Spirogregarina fusiformis Wood and Herman, 1943, indicates that this organism is not an avian haematozoon as described but is the diatom Cylindrotheca gracilis (Brebbison) Grunow.
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Department of Biology, Memorial University of Newfoundland, 3f2 John's, Canada.
D000818:Animals; D016782:Apicomplexa / Q000145:classification / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D001717:Birds / Q000097:blood / Q000469:parasitology*; D004912:Erythrocytes / Q000469:parasitology; D056890:Eukaryota / Q000145:classification / Q000302:isolation & purification*