Ichthyophonus hoferi
| Ichthyophonus hoferi | |
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| Hyphas (or germ tubes) and schizonts of Ichthyophonus hoferi. | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Clade: | Obazoa |
| (unranked): | Opisthokonta |
| (unranked): | Holozoa |
| Class: | Ichthyosporea |
| Order: | Ichthyophonida |
| Family: | Ichthyophonidae |
| Genus: | Ichthyophonus |
| Species: | I. hoferi
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| Binomial name | |
| Ichthyophonus hoferi | |
Ichthyophonus hoferi is a single-celled protist that occupies a key phylogenetic position to understand the origin of animals. It has chitin cell wall, hyphae, and an amoeboid stage. It is a common parasite of marine and freshwater fishes.[3][4][5]
References
- ^ "Ichthyophonus hoferi" (HTML). IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017. Retrieved 25 October 2017.
This taxon has not yet been assessed for the IUCN Red List, and also is not in the Catalogue of Life.
- ^ Zentralblatt für Bakteriologie, Parasitenkunde, Infektionskrankheiten und Hygiene, Abteilungen I 59: 68 (1911)
- ^ Torruella, Guifré; de Mendoza, Alex; Grau-Bové, Xavier; Antó, Meritxell; Chaplin, Mark A.; del Campo, Javier; Eme, Laura; Pérez-Cordón, Gregorio; Whipps, Christopher M. (2015-09-21). "Phylogenomics Reveals Convergent Evolution of Lifestyles in Close Relatives of Animals and Fungi". Current Biology. 25 (18): 2404–2410. doi:10.1016/j.cub.2015.07.053.
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- ^ Grau-Bové, Xavier; Torruella, Guifré; Donachie, Stuart; Suga, Hiroshi; Leonard, Guy; Richards, Thomas A.; Ruiz-Trillo, Iñaki (2017-07-20). "Dynamics of genomic innovation in the unicellular ancestry of animals". ELife. 6: e26036. doi:10.7554/eLife.26036. ISSN 2050-084X. PMC 5560861. PMID 28726632.
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External links
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Data related to Ichthyophonus hoferi at Wikispecies
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