Pirsonia | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Clade: | Sar |
Clade: | Stramenopiles |
Clade: | Gyrista |
Class: | Pirsonea Cavalier-Smith 2017 |
Order: | Pirsoniida Cavalier-Smith & Chao 2006 |
Family: | Pirsoniaceae Cavalier-Smith 1998 |
Genus: | Pirsonia Schnepf, Debres & Elbrachter 1990 |
Species | |
Pirsonia is a non photosynthetic genus of heterokonts. [1] [2] It comprises the entirety of the family Pirsoniaceae, order Pirsoniida and class Pirsonea in the subphylum Bigyromonada, phylum Gyrista. [3]