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Plasmodiophore
Group of fungi-like protists / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The plasmodiophores[1] (also known as plasmophorids[2] or plasmodiophorids[3]) are a group of obligate endoparasitic protists belonging to the subphylum Endomyxa in Cercozoa.[4] Taxonomically, they are united under a single family Plasmodiophoridae, order Plasmodiophorida, sister to the phagomyxids.[5]
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Plasmodiophores | |
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"Plasmodiophoraceae" 1960 illustration. | |
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Clade: | Diaphoretickes |
Clade: | SAR |
Clade: | Rhizaria |
Phylum: | Endomyxa |
Class: | Phytomyxea |
Order: | Plasmodiophorida Cook, 1928 |
Family: | Plasmodiophoridae Zopf, 1884 |
Type genus | |
Plasmodiophora M. Woronin, 1877 | |
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