Ichthyophonus

Ichthyophonus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Eukarya
(unranked)Opisthokonta
(unranked)Choanozoa or Holozoa
Class: Mesomycetozoea
Order: Ichthyophonida
Genus: Ichthyophonus

Ichthyophonus is a genus of unicellular parasites of fish. They were once considered to be Fungi, but phylogenetic evidence suggests they are protists related to both fungi and animals.[1][2]

Species

References

  1. 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. doi:10.1073/pnas.93.21.11907. PMC 38157Freely accessible. PMID 8876236.
  2. 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. 94 (5): 1055–9. doi:10.1645/GE-1553.1. PMID 18576846.


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