Ichthyophonus Explained

Ichthyophonus is a genus of unicellular eukaryotic parasites of fish. They were once considered to be fungi, but phylogenetic evidence suggests they are protists related to both fungi and animals.^{[1] [2]}

Species

• I. gasterophilus (Caullery & Mesnil 1905) Sprague 1965
• I. hoferi Plehn & Mulsow 1911
• I. intestinalis Léger & Hesse 1923
• I. irregularis Rand et al. 2000
• I. lotae Leger 1925

Notes and References

1. Ragan MA, Goggin CL, Cawthorn RJ, etal . A novel clade of protistan parasites near the animal-fungal divergence . Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. . 93 . 21 . 11907–12 . October 1996 . 8876236 . 38157 . 10.1073/pnas.93.21.11907. 1996PNAS...9311907R . free .
2. Hershberger PK, Pacheco CA, Gregg JL, Purcell MK, LaPatra SE . Differential survival of Ichthyophonus isolates indicates parasite adaptation to its host environment . J. Parasitol. . 94 . 5 . 1055–9 . October 2008 . 18576846 . 10.1645/GE-1553.1 . 32045435 . Submitted manuscript .