Perkinsea

Perkinsea
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
(unranked):	SAR
(unranked):	Alveolata
Phylum:	Myzozoa
Subphylum:	Perkinsozoa
Class:	Perkinsea
Synonyms
	Perkinsasida

Perkinsea is a class of alveolates.

Taxonomy

Perkinsus is a genus in the class Perkinsea that is a parasite of bivalve mollusks; it displays a number of features characteristic of the dinoflagellates including laterally inserted heterodynamic flagella. However, it has been settled that Perkinsus does not belong into the phyla dinoflagellat, but rather into the phylum Perkinsozoa.^[1]

Two other genera have been described in this class — Cryptophagus (now renamed Rastrimonas) and Parvilucifera.

References

^ Norén, Fredrik; Moestrup, Øjvind; Rehnstam-Holm, Ann-Sofi (October 1999). "Parvilucifera infectans norén et moestrup gen. et sp. nov. (perkinsozoa phylum nov.): a parasitic flagellate capable of killing toxic microalgae". European Journal of Protistology. 35 (3): 233–254. doi:10.1016/S0932-4739(99)80001-7.

"Perkinsea". NCBI Taxonomy Browser. 27997.

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[1] Norén, Fredrik; Moestrup, Øjvind; Rehnstam-Holm, Ann-Sofi (October 1999). "Parvilucifera infectans norén et moestrup gen. et sp. nov. (perkinsozoa phylum nov.): a parasitic flagellate capable of killing toxic microalgae". European Journal of Protistology. 35 (3): 233–254. doi:10.1016/S0932-4739(99)80001-7.

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