Perkinsozoa
Perkinsozoa | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Clade: | Diaphoretickes |
Clade: | SAR |
Clade: | Alveolata |
Phylum: | Perkinsozoa Norén & Moestrup, 1999 |
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Perkinsozoa is a proposed phylum of intracellular parasites in the superphylum Alveolata, which was suggested to account for the genus Perkinsus and other protist species that do not fit into existing Alveolata phyla.
Members
Members of this phylum include Perkinsus marinus, Perkinsus olseni and the genus Parvilucifera.
- Class Perkinsea
- Order Perkinsida Levine 1978
- Family Perkinsidae Levine 1978 em. Adl et al. 2005
- Genus Perkinsus Levine 1978
- Family Perkinsidae Levine 1978 em. Adl et al. 2005
- Order Phagodiniida Cavalier-Smith 1993
- Family Phagodiniidae Cavalier-Smith 1993
- Genus Phagodinium Kristiansen 1993
- Family Phagodiniidae Cavalier-Smith 1993
- Order Rastrimonadida Cavalier-Smith & Chao 2004
- Family Rastrimonadidae
- Genus Rastrimonas Brugerolle 2003
- Family Parviluciferaceae Reñé & Alacid 2017
- Genus Dinovorax Alacid & Reñé 2017
- Genus Snorkelia Reñé & Alacid 2017
- Genus Parvilucifera Norén, Moestrup & Rehnstam-Holm 1999
- Family Rastrimonadidae
- Order Perkinsida Levine 1978
Characteristics
Perkinsozoa have been found in marine and limnic environments.