Perkinsus marinus
Perkinsus marinus is a species of alveolate belonging to the phylum Perkinsozoa. It is similar to a dinoflagellate. It is known as a prevalent pathogen of oysters, causing massive mortality in oyster populations. The disease it causes is known as dermo or perkinsosis, and is characterized by the degradation of oyster tissues. The genome of this species has been sequenced.
| Perkinsus marinus | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Clade: | Diaphoretickes |
| Clade: | SAR |
| Clade: | Alveolata |
| Phylum: | Myzozoa |
| Class: | Perkinsea |
| Order: | Perkinsida |
| Family: | Perkinsidae |
| Genus: | Perkinsus |
| Species: | P. marinus |
| Binomial name | |
| Perkinsus marinus (Mackin, Owen & Collier) Levine 1978 | |
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The species originally was named Dermocystidium marinum by Mackin, Owen and Collier in 1950.
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