Ichthyophonus
Ichthyophonus | |
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Hyphae (or germ tubes) and schizonts of Ichthyophonus hoferi | |
Scientific classification | |
(unranked): | Opisthokonta |
(unranked): | Holozoa |
Class: | Ichthyosporea |
Order: | Ichthyophonida |
Genus: | Ichthyophonus Plehn & Mulsow 1911 |
Type species | |
Ichthyophonus hoferi Plehn & Mulsow 1911 | |
Species[1] | |
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Ichthyophonus is a genus of unicellular eukaryotic parasites of fish. They were once considered to be fungi, but phylogenetic evidence suggests they are protists related to both fungi and animals.[2][3]
Species
- Ichthyophonus gasterophilus (Caullery & Mesnil 1905) Sprague 1965
- Ichthyophonus hoferi Plehn & Mulsow 1911
- Ichthyophonus intestinalis Léger & Hesse 1923
- Ichthyophonus irregularis Rand et al. 2000
- Ichthyophonus lotae Leger 1925
References
- ↑ "Ichthyophonus". www.mycobank.org. Retrieved 2020-05-17.
- ↑ Ragan MA, Goggin CL, Cawthorn RJ, et al. (October 1996). "A novel clade of protistan parasites near the animal-fungal divergence". Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 93 (21): 11907–12. Bibcode:1996PNAS...9311907R. doi:10.1073/pnas.93.21.11907. PMC 38157. PMID 8876236.
- ↑ Hershberger PK, Pacheco CA, Gregg JL, Purcell MK, LaPatra SE (October 2008). "Differential survival of Ichthyophonus isolates indicates parasite adaptation to its host environment". J. Parasitol. (Submitted manuscript). 94 (5): 1055–9. doi:10.1645/GE-1553.1. PMID 18576846. S2CID 32045435.
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