| Phagomyxids | |
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| Right column: Phagomyxida. | |
Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Clade: | Diaphoretickes |
| Clade: | Sar |
| Clade: | Rhizaria |
| Phylum: | Endomyxa |
| Class: | Phytomyxea |
| Order: | Phagomyxida Cavalier-Smith, 1993 |
| Family: | Phagomyxidae Cavalier-Smith, 1993 |
| Genera | |
Phagomyxids are a group ofobligateendoparasiticprotists belonging to the subphylumEndomyxa inCercozoa.[1] Taxonomically, they are united under a single familyPhagomyxidae, orderPhagomyxida, sister to theplasmodiophores.[2]
Phagomyxids are mainly parasites ofbrown algae,[3] but some can parasiteoomycetes.[4]
The group was created in 1993 byCavalier-Smith, when it contained only the genusPhagomyxa.[2] Since then,Maullinia, a genus previously inPlasmodiophoridae, has joined the phagomyxids.[4]