Perkinsozoa is a proposed phylum of intracellular parasites in the superphylum Alveolata,Marine Fungi: and Fungal-like Organisms
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protist A protist () is any eukaryotic organism (that is, an organism whose cells contain a cell nucleus) that is not an animal, plant, or fungus. While it is likely that protists share a common ancestor (the last eukaryotic common ancestor), the exc ...

species that do not fit into existing Alveolata phyla.

Members

Members of this phylum include ''

Perkinsus marinus ''Perkinsus marinus'' is a species of alveolates belonging to the phylum Perkinsozoa.Joseph, S., et al. (2010)The alveolate ''Perkinsus marinus'': biological insights from EST gene discovery.''BMC Genomics'' 11(1), 228. It is similar to a dinofl ...

'', '' Perkinsus olseni'' and the genus ''

Parvilucifera ''Parvilucifera'' is a genus of marine alveolates that parasitise dinoflagellates. Parvilucifera is a parasitic genus described in 1999 by Norén et al. It is classified perkinsozoa in the supraphylum of Alveolates. This taxon serves as a sister ...

''. * Class Perkinsea ** Order Perkinsida Levine 1978 *** Family Perkinsidae Levine 1978 em. Adl et al. 2005 **** Genus '' Perkinsus'' Levine 1978 ** Order Phagodiniida Cavalier-Smith 1993 *** Family Phagodiniidae Cavalier-Smith 1993 **** Genus '' Phagodinium'' Kristiansen 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 ''

'' Norén, Moestrup & Rehnstam-Holm 1999

Characteristics

Perkinsozoa have been found in marine and limnic environments.

References

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