Thraustochytriidae

Thraustochytriidae
SEM image of a Phycophthorum zoospore
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Clade: Sar
Clade: Stramenopiles
Phylum: Bigyra
Subphylum: Sagenista
Class: Labyrinthulea
Order: Thraustochytrida
Family:
Sparrow ex Cejp 1959[1]
Type genus
Thraustochytrium
Sparrow, 1936 emend. T.W. Johnson, 1961
Genera[2][3]
  • Aurantiochytrium
  • Botryochytrium
  • Hondaea
  • Japonochytrium
  • Labyrinthulochytrium
  • Monorhizochytrium
  • Phycophthorum
  • Schizochytrium
  • Sicyoidochytrium
  • Thraustochytrium
  • Ulkenia
Synonyms[1]
Thraustochytriaceae

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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