''Pirsonia'' is a non

photosynthetic Photosynthesis is a process used by plants and other organisms to convert light energy into chemical energy that, through cellular respiration, can later be released to fuel the organism's activities. Some of this chemical energy is stored in c ...

genus of heterokonts. It comprises the entirety of the family Pirsoniaceae, order Pirsoniida and class Pirsonea in the subphylum Bigyromonada, phylum Gyrista.

Taxonomy

* Class Pirsonea Cavalier-Smith 2017 irsoniomycetes** Order Pirsoniales Cavalier-Smith 1998 irsoniida Cavalier-Smith & Chao 2006*** Family Pirsoniaceae Cavalier-Smith 1998 **** ''Pirsonia'' Schnepf, Debres & Elbrachter 1990 ***** '' P. diadema'' Kühn 1996 ***** '' P. eucampiae'' Kühn 1996 ***** '' P. formosa'' Kühn 1996 ***** '' P. guinardie'' Schnepf, Debres & Elbrachter 1990 ***** '' P. mucosa'' Kühn 1996 ***** '' P. punctigerae'' ***** '' P. verrucosa'' Kühn 1996

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