Pirsonia

Pirsonia
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Clade: Sar
Clade: Stramenopiles
Phylum: Bigyromonadea
Class: Pirsonea
Order: Pirsoniales
Family: Pirsoniaceae
Genus: Pirsonia
Schnepf et al., 1990
Species
  • P. diadema
  • P. eucampiae
  • P. formosa
  • P. guinardie
  • P. mucosa
  • P. punctigerae
  • P. verrucosa

Pirsonia is a non-photosynthetic genus of stramenopiles. It was the first genus described in the family Pirsoniaceae, in the subphylum Bigyromonada.[1]

Taxonomy

  • Class Pirsonea Cavalier-Smith 2018[1] [Pirsoniomycetes]
    • Order Pirsoniales Cavalier-Smith 1998 [Pirsoniida Cavalier-Smith & Chao 2006]
      • Family Pirsoniaceae Cavalier-Smith 1998
        • Pirsonia Schnepf, Debres & Elbrachter 1990
          • P. diadema Kühn 1996
          • P. eucampiae Kühn 1996
          • P. formosa Kühn 1996
          • P. guinardie Schnepf, Debres & Elbrachter 1990
          • P. mucosa Kühn 1996
          • P. punctigerae
          • P. verrucosa Kühn 1996

References

  1. ^ a b Cavalier-Smith, Thomas (5 September 2017). "Kingdom Chromista and its eight phyla: a new synthesis emphasising periplastid protein targeting, cytoskeletal and periplastid evolution, and ancient divergences". Protoplasma. 255 (1): 297–357. doi:10.1007/s00709-017-1147-3. PMC 5756292. PMID 28875267.