Perkinsea

Perkinsea
Scientific classification
Domain:
Eukaryota
(unranked):
SAR
(unranked):
Alveolata
Phylum:
Miozoa
Subphylum:
Myzozoa
Superclass:
Perkinsozoa
Class:
Perkinsea[1]

Levine 1978
Orders
  • Phagodiniida Cavalier-Smith 1993
  • Perkinsida Levine 1978
Synonyms
  • Perkinsasida
  • Perkinsorida
  • Perkinsemorphina

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 heterodynamic flagella. However, it has been settled that Perkinsus does not belong into the phyla dinoflagellata, but rather into the phylum Perkinsozoa.[2]

Two other genera have been described in this class — Cryptophagus (now renamed Rastrimonas) and Parvilucifera.

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References
  1. Ruggiero, M. A.; Gordon, D. P.; Orrell, T. M.; Bailly, N.; Bourgoin, T.; Brusca, R. C.; et al. (2015). "A higher level classification of all living organisms". PLOS One. 10 (4): e0119248. Bibcode:2015PLoSO..1019248R. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0119248. PMC 4418965. PMID 25923521.
  2. Norén, Fredrik; Moestrup, Øjvind; Rehnstam-Holm, Ann-Sofi (October 1999). "Parvilucifera infectans norén et moestrup gen. et sp. nov. (perkinsozoa phylum nov.): a parasitic flagellate capable of killing toxic microalgae". European Journal of Protistology. 35 (3): 233–254. doi:10.1016/S0932-4739(99)80001-7.


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