Ichthyophonus

Ichthyophonus
Hyphae (or germ tubes) and schizonts of Ichthyophonus hoferi
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Clade:	Amorphea
Class:	Ichthyosporea
Order:	Ichthyophonida
Family:	Ichthyophonidae
Genus:	Ichthyophonus Plehn & Mulsow 1911
Type species
Ichthyophonus hoferi Plehn & Mulsow 1911
Species [1]
Ichthyophonus gasterophilus Ichthyophonus hoferi Ichthyophonus intestinalis Ichthyophonus irregularis Ichthyophonus lotae

Ichthyophonus is a genus of unicellular eukaryotic parasites of fish. They were once considered to be fungi, but phylogenetic evidence suggests they are protists related to both fungi and animals. ^{[2] [3]}

Species

• Ichthyophonus gasterophilus(Caullery & Mesnil 1905) Sprague 1965
• Ichthyophonus hoferi Plehn & Mulsow 1911
• Ichthyophonus intestinalisLéger & Hesse 1923
• Ichthyophonus irregularisRand et al. 2000
• Ichthyophonus lotaeLeger 1925

References

1. "Ichthyophonus". www.mycobank.org. Retrieved 2020-05-17.
2. Ragan MA, Goggin CL, Cawthorn RJ, et al. (October 1996). "A novel clade of protistan parasites near the animal-fungal divergence". Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 93 (21): 11907–12. Bibcode:1996PNAS...9311907R. doi: 10.1073/pnas.93.21.11907 . PMC   38157 . PMID   8876236.
3. Hershberger PK, Pacheco CA, Gregg JL, Purcell MK, LaPatra SE (October 2008). "Differential survival of Ichthyophonus isolates indicates parasite adaptation to its host environment". J. Parasitol. (Submitted manuscript). 94 (5): 1055–9. doi:10.1645/GE-1553.1. PMID   18576846. S2CID   32045435.