Ichthyosporea

Sphaeroforma arctica

Taxonavigation

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Orthokaryota
Cladus: Neokaryota
Cladus: Scotokaryota
Cladus: Podiata
Cladus: Amorphea
Cladus: Obazoa
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Classis: Ichthyosporea
Ordines: Dermocystida - Ichthyophonida
Genus (incertae sedis): Sphaeroforma

Name

Ichthyosporea Cavalier-Smith, 1998

Alternative classifications

Mendoza, et al. (2002)

In Phylum Neomonada, Subphylum Mesomycetozoa
Class Mesomycetozoea em. Mendoza et al. 2001 - Ichthyosporea, Cavalier-Smith 1998

• Order Dermocystida
• Order Ichthyophonida

References

• Cavalier-Smith, T. 2003. Protist phylogeny and the high-level classification of Protozoa. European Journal of Protistology 39: 338–348. DOI: 10.1078/0932-4739-00002 Reference page. 
• Glockling, S. L., Marshall, W. L., & Gleason, F. H. (2013). Phylogenetic interpretations and ecological potentials of the Mesomycetozoea (Ichthyosporea). Fungal Ecology, 6, 237–247
• Jøstensen, J.P., Sperstad, S., Johansen, S. & Landfald, B. 2002. Molecular-phylogenetic, structural and biochemical features of a cold-adapted, marine ichthyosporean near the animal-fungal divergence, described from in vitro cultures. European Journal of Protistology 38: 93–104. DOI: 10.1078/0932-4739-00855 Reference page. 
• Mendoza, Leonel; John W. Taylor; Libero Ajello. The class Mesomycetozoea: a heterogeneous group of microorganisms at the animal-fungal boundary. Annu. Rev. Microbiol. 56, 315–44 (2002).

Vernacular names

• français: Ichthyospores