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| Perkinsidae | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Clade: | Sar |
| Clade: | Alveolata |
| Phylum: | Perkinsozoa |
| Class: | Perkinsea |
| Order: | Perkinsida |
| Family: | Perkinsidae Levine, 1978 |
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Perkinsidae is a family of alveolates in the phylum Perkinsozoa, a sister group to the dinoflagellates.
Members
[edit]It includes Perkinsus species, which are parasitic protozoans, some of which cause disease and mass mortality in wild and farmed molluscs such as oysters.
Characteristics
[edit]Perkinsidae possess plastids which do not contain DNA.[2]
References
[edit]- ↑ Guiry, M. D. & G. M. Guiry. 2025. Perkinsidae. AlgaeBase. National University of Ireland, Galway. Accessed 11 February 2025.
- ↑ Matsuzaki, M; Kuroiwa, H; Kuroiwa, T; Kita, K; Nozaki, H (June 2008). "A cryptic algal group unveiled: a plastid biosynthesis pathway in the oyster parasite Perkinsus marinus". Molecular Biology and Evolution. 25 (6): 1167–79. doi:10.1093/molbev/msn064. PMID 18359776.
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