Tetramyxa
Tetramyxa is a cercozoan protist, member of the plasmodiophores, parasite of several flowering plants. It was first described by Karl von Goebel in 1884, in his work Flora. The genus is characterized by the appearance of resting spores (or cysts) in groups of four.
| Tetramyxa | |
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| T. parasitica in Ruppia tubers | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Clade: | Diaphoretickes |
| Clade: | SAR |
| Phylum: | Endomyxa |
| Class: | Phytomyxea |
| Order: | Plasmodiophorida |
| Family: | Plasmodiophoridae |
| Genus: | Tetramyxa K. Goebel, 1884 |
| Type species | |
| Tetramyxa parasitica K. Goebel, 1884 | |
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