Ichthyophonus | |
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Hyphae (or germ tubes) andschizonts ofIchthyophonus hoferi | |
Scientific classification![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Clade: | Holozoa |
Class: | Ichthyosporea |
Order: | Ichthyophonida |
Family: | Ichthyophonidae |
Genus: | Ichthyophonus Plehn & Mulsow 1911 |
Type species | |
Ichthyophonus hoferi Plehn & Mulsow 1911 | |
Species[1] | |
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Ichthyophonus is agenus ofunicellulareukaryoticparasites offish. They were once considered to befungi, butphylogenetic evidence suggests they areprotists related to both fungi andanimals.[2][3]