Saprolegniales

Saprolegniales
Saprolegnia on sesame seeds
Saprolegnia on sesame seeds
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Clade: Diaphoretickes
Clade: SAR
Clade: Stramenopiles
Phylum: Oomycota
Order: Saprolegniales
E. Fisch., 1892
Families

Saprolegniales is an order of water mould. Members of the order are responsible for numerous parasitic infections affecting aquatic life, such as crayfish plague and ulcerative dermal necrosis.[1]

  1. ^ Roberts, Ronald J. (2012-05-21). Fish Pathology. John Wiley & Sons. ISBN 978-1-4443-3282-7.