Platyproteum

Platyproteum
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
(unranked):	Sar
(unranked):	Alveolata
Phylum:	Miozoa
Subphylum:	Myzozoa
Infraphylum:	Dinozoa
Class:	Squirmidea
Order:	Squirmida
Family:	Platyproteidae
Genus:	Platyproteum; Rueckert & Leander 2009
Species
	Platyproteum vivax (Gunderson & Small 1986) Rueckert & Leander 2009;

The Platyproteum are a genus of parasitic alveolates in the phylum Apicomplexa. Species in this genus infect marine invertebrates.

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