Dermocystidium

Dermocystidium
Scientific classification
Domain:
Eukaryota
(unranked):
Opisthokonta
(unranked):
Holozoa
Class:
Ichthyosporea
Order:
Dermocystida
Family:
Dermocystidiaceae
Genus:
Dermocystidium

Pérez 1908
Type species
Dermocystidium pusulum
(Pérez 1907) Pérez 1908
Species[1]

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Synonyms
  • Amphibiothecum Feldman, Wimsatt & Green 2005
  • Dermocystis Pérez 1907 non Stafford 1905
  • Dermomycoides Granata 1919

Dermocystidium is a genus of cyst-forming, eukaryotic fish parasites,[2] the causative agents of dermocystidiosis.

Further information: Hyalochlorella
  1. ^ "Dermocystidium". www.mycobank.org. Retrieved 2020-05-17.
  2. ^ Feist SW, Longshaw M, Hurrell RH, Mander B (April 2004). "Observations of Dermocystidium sp. infections in bullheads, Cottus gobio L., from a river in southern England". J. Fish Dis. 27 (4): 225–31. Bibcode:2004JFDis..27..225F. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2761.2004.00535.x. PMID 15049890.