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Pseudospora

Pseudospora is a genus of parasitic eukaryotes.

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Pseudospora
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Clade: Sar
Clade: Rhizaria
Phylum: Cercozoa
Subphylum: Filosa
Clade: incertae sedis
Order: Pseudosporida
Cavalier-Smith, 1993
Family: Pseudosporidae
Berlese in Saccardo, 1888
Genus: Pseudospora
Cienkowski, 1865
Species

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Synonyms
  • Pseudosporopsis Scherffel, 1925

Pseudospora is a genus of parasitic eukaryotes.

It includes the species Pseudospora volvocis.123

Taxonomy

  • Order Pseudosporida Cavalier-Smith 1993
    • Family Pseudosporidae Berlese in Saccardo 1888
      • Genus Pseudospora Cienkowski 1865
        • Species P. aculeata Zopf 1884
        • Species P. bacillariacearum Zopf [Pseudosporopsis bacillariacearum (Zopf) Scherff. 1925]
        • Species P. benedeni De Bruyne 1889
        • Species P. edax De Bruyne 1889
        • Species P. eudorini Roskin 1927
        • Species P. cienkowskiana Sorokin 1877
        • Species P. leptoderma Scherff. 1925
        • Species P. lindstedtii Hartog 1890
        • Species P. maligna Zopf 1884
        • Species P. maxima Sorokin 1877
        • Species P. myzocytioides Scherff. 1925
        • Species P. nitellarum Cienkowski
        • Species P. parasitica (Cienkowski 1858) [Monas parasitica Cienkowski 1858]
        • Species P. perforans
        • Species P. rotatoriorum Scherffel 1925
        • Species P. rovignensis Schussing 1929
        • Species P. subsalsa Dangead 1912
        • Species P. volvocis Cienkowski 1865
References

References

  1. Canter, H.M.; Lund, J.W.G. (1968). "The importance of Protozoa in controlling the abundance of planktonic algae in lakes". Proceedings of the Linnean Society of London. 179 (2): 203–219. doi:10.1111/j.1095-8312.1968.tb00978.x.
  2. Cavalier-Smith, Thomas (1993). "The Protozoan Phylum Opalozoa". Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology. 40 (5): 609–615. doi:10.1111/j.1550-7408.1993.tb06117.x. ISSN 1550-7408.
  3. Cavalier-Smith, Thomas; Chao, Ema E.; Lewis, Rhodri (2018-09-01). "Multigene phylogeny and cell evolution of chromist infrakingdom Rhizaria: contrasting cell organisation of sister phyla Cercozoa and Retaria". Protoplasma. 255 (5): 1517–1574. doi:10.1007/s00709-018-1241-1. ISSN 1615-6102. PMC 6133090. PMID 29666938.