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Eccrinales

Eccrinales are an order of eukaryotes, previously thought to be zygomycete fungi belonging to the class Trichomycetes, but now considered to be members of the opisthokont group Mesomycetozoea.

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Eccrinales
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
(unranked):	Opisthokonta
(unranked):	Holozoa
Class:	Mesomycetozoea
Order:	Eccrinales

Eccrinales are an order of eukaryotes, previously thought to be zygomycete fungi belonging to the class Trichomycetes, but now considered to be members of the opisthokont group Mesomycetozoea.¹

Taxonomy

Order: Eccrinales
- Family: Eccrinaceae
- Family: Palavasciaceae
- Family: Parataeniellaceae

References

References

M. Cafaro (2005). "Eccrinales (Trichomycetes) are not fungi, but a clade of protists at the early divergence of animals and fungi". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 35 (1): 21–24. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2004.12.019. PMID 15737579.