Domain Eukaryota Order Perkinsida Rank Family | Class Perkinsea Phylum Perkinsozoa | |
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Perkinsidae is a family of alveolates in the phylum Perkinsozoa, a sister group to the dinoflagellates.
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Members
It includes Perkinsus species, which are parasitic protozoans, some of which cause disease and mass mortality in wild and farmed molluscs such as oysters.
There are two genera:
Characteristics
Perkinsidae possess plastids which do not contain DNA.
References
Perkinsidae Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA