''Chromosphaera perkinsii'' is a species of
Ichthyosporea
The Mesomycetozoea (or DRIP clade, or Ichthyosporea) are a small group of Opisthokonta in Eukaryota (formerly protists), mostly parasites of fish and other animals.
Significance
They are not particularly distinctive morphologically, appearing i ...
from the order
Dermocystida
Dermocystida is an order of parasitic eukaryotes.
Taxonomy
* Family Rhinosporidiaceae Mendoza et al. 2001
** Genus '' Amphibiocystidium'' Pascolini et al. 2003
** Genus '' Chromosphaera'' Grau-Bové et al. 2017
** Genus ''Dermocystidium
''Der ...
. Named after Professor Frank Perkins, it was isolated in shallow marine sediments in Hawaii by Stuart Donachie and collaborators. It is a rare case of a putatively free-living ichthyosporean, and possibly the only free-living dermocystid.
References
Mesomycetozoea
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