Ichthyosporea

Ichthyosporea; Temporal range: Ediacaran–recent PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
	Sphaeroforma arctica
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Clade:	Amorphea
Clade:	Obazoa
(unranked):	Opisthokonta
(unranked):	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[change | change source]

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

Phylogeny[change | change source]

Its main groups are Dermocystida and Ichthyophonida {{clade| style=font-size:90%;line-height:100%;line-width:150% |label1=Mesomycetozoa |1=

	Dermotheca

	Dermosporidium

Ichthyophonida

Creolimacidae

Anurofeca

	Creolimax

	Sphaeroforma

Psorospermidae

Psorospermis

Piridae

Abeoforma

	Caullerya

	Pirum

Eccrinida

	Enteromyces

	Arundinula

Enteropogon

Taeniella

Taeniellopsis

	Astreptonema

	Palavascia

↑ 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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