Perkinsozoa is a proposed phylum of intracellular parasites in the superphylum Alveolata,Marine Fungi: and Fungal-like Organisms
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Perkinsus ''Perkinsus'' is a genus of alveolates in the phylum Perkinsozoa. The genus was erected in 1978 to better treat its type species, ''Perkinsus marinus'', known formerly as ''Dermocystidium marinum''. These are parasitic protozoans that infect mol ...

'' and other

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 exclu ...

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 ''Perkinsus'' is a genus of alveolates in the phylum Perkinsozoa. The genus was erected in 1978 to better treat its type species, ''Perkinsus marinus'', known formerly as ''Dermocystidium marinum''. These are parasitic protozoans that infect mol ...

'' and the genus '' Parvilucifera''. * Class

Perkinsea Perkinsea is a class of alveolates. Taxonomy ''Perkinsus'' is a genus in the class Perkinsea that is a parasite of bivalve molluscs; it displays a number of features characteristic of the dinoflagellates including laterally inserted heterodyna ...

** Order Perkinsida Levine 1978 *** Family Perkinsidae Levine 1978 em. Adl et al. 2005 **** Genus ''

'' 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 '' Parvilucifera'' Norén, Moestrup & Rehnstam-Holm 1999

Characteristics

Perkinsozoa have been found in marine and limnic environments.

References

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