''Chromosphaera perkinsii'' is a species of
Ichthyosporea
The Mesomycetozoea (or DRIP clade, or Ichthyosporea) are a small group of Opisthokonta in Eukaryota (formerly protists), mostly parasites of fish and other animals.
Significance
They are not particularly distinctive morphologically, appearing ...
from the order
Dermocystida
Dermocystida is an order of parasitic eukaryotes.
Taxonomy
* Family Rhinosporidiaceae Mendoza et al. 2001
** Genus '' Amphibiocystidium'' Pascolini et al. 2003
** Genus '' Chromosphaera'' Grau-Bové et al. 2017
** Genus '' Dermocystidium'' Pé ...
. Named after Professor Frank Perkins, it was isolated in shallow marine sediments in Hawaii by Stuart Donachie and collaborators. It is a rare case of a putatively free-living ichthyosporean, and possibly the only free-living dermocystid.
References
Mesomycetozoea
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