Ichthyophonus
Ichthyophonus | |
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schizonts of Ichthyophonus hoferi
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
(unranked): | Holozoa |
Class: | Ichthyosporea |
Order: | Ichthyophonida |
Family: | Ichthyophonidae |
Genus: | Ichthyophonus Plehn & Mulsow 1911 |
Type species | |
Ichthyophonus hoferi Plehn & Mulsow 1911
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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
- I. gasterophilus (Caullery & Mesnil 1905) Sprague 1965
- I. hoferi Plehn & Mulsow 1911
- I. intestinalis Léger & Hesse 1923
- I. irregularis Rand et al. 2000
- I. lotae Leger 1925
References
- ^ "Ichthyophonus". www.mycobank.org. Retrieved 2020-05-17.
- PMID 8876236.
- S2CID 32045435.