Ichthyosporea

Ichthyosporea; Temporal range:
	Sphaeroforma arctica
Scientific classification
Clade:	Podiata
Clade:	Amorphea
Clade:	Obazoa
Clade:	Opisthokonta
Clade:	Holozoa
Class:	Ichthyosporea; Cavalier-Smith, 1998
Orders
	Dermocystida; Ichthyophonida;
Synonyms
	Mesomycetozoa Mendoza et al., 2002

The Ichthyosporea (or DRIP clade, or Mesomycetozoea) is a group of microscopic organisms within the Opisthokont group. They are mostly parasites of fish and other animals.

Terminology

The original name, ichthyosporea, described the first discovered species in the group (such as Sphaeroforma arctica). They were all parasites of fish.

Phylogeny

Its main groups are Dermocystida and Ichthyophonida

Mesomycetozoa

Dermocystida

Rhinosporidiaceae

Sphaerothecum

Dermocystidium

Valentines

Rhinosporidium

Amphibiocystidium

	Dermotheca

	Dermosporidium

Ichthyophonida

Creolimacidae

Anurofeca

	Creolimax

	Sphaeroforma

Psorospermidae

Psorospermis

Piridae

Abeoforma

	Caullerya

	Pirum

Trichomycina

Amoebidiidae

Amoebidium

Ichthyophonidae

Ichthyophonus

Paramoebidiidae

Paramoebidium

Eccrinida

Parataeniellaceae

Parataeniella

Eccrinaceae

Eccrinidus

Enterobryus

Leidyomyces

	Enteromyces

	Arundinula

Enteropogon

Taeniella

Taeniellopsis

	Astreptonema

	Palavascia

References

↑ Cavalier-Smith, T. 1998. Neomonada and the origin of animals and fungi. In: Coombs GH, Vickerman K, Sleigh MA, Warren A (ed.) Evolutionary relationships among protozoa. Kluwer, London, pp. 375-407,

[1] Cavalier-Smith, T. 1998. Neomonada and the origin of animals and fungi. In: Coombs GH, Vickerman K, Sleigh MA, Warren A (ed.) Evolutionary relationships among protozoa. Kluwer, London, pp. 375-407,

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