Perkinsozoa

Perkinsozoa
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Clade: Diaphoretickes
Clade: SAR
Clade: Alveolata
Phylum: Perkinsozoa
Norén & Moestrup, 1999
Synonyms
  • Perkinsasida Levine, 1978
  • Perkinsorida Levine, 1978
  • Perkinsemorpha Levine 1978
  • Phagodinia Cavalier-Smith, 1993

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
    • Order Phagodiniida Cavalier-Smith 1993
      • Family Phagodiniidae Cavalier-Smith 1993
        • Genus Phagodinium Kristiansen 1993
    • Order Rastrimonadida Cavalier-Smith & Chao 2004
      • Family Rastrimonadidae
      • Family Parviluciferaceae Reñé & Alacid 2017
        • Genus Dinovorax Alacid & Reñé 2017
        • Genus Snorkelia Reñé & Alacid 2017
        • Genus Parvilucifera Norén, Moestrup & Rehnstam-Holm 1999

Characteristics

Perkinsozoa have been found in marine and limnic environments.


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