Thraustochytriidae | |
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SEM image of a Phycophthorum zoospore | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Clade: | Diaphoretickes |
Clade: | SAR |
Clade: | Stramenopiles |
Phylum: | Bigyra |
Class: | Labyrinthulea |
Order: | Thraustochytrida |
Family: | Thraustochytriidae Sparrow ex Cejp 1959[1] |
Type genus | |
Thraustochytrium Sparrow, 1936 emend. T.W. Johnson, 1961
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Genera[2][3] | |
Synonyms[1] | |
Thraustochytriaceae
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Thraustochytriidae or Thraustochytriaceae is a family of heterotrophic protists. They are unicellular eukaryotes characterized by round cells that use a cytoplasmic network to feed and anchor to the substrate, with an appearance similar to chytrids.
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