Pirsonia

Taxonavigation

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Diaphoretickes
Cladus: Tsar
Cladus: Sar
Infraregnum: Heterokonta
Phylum: Gyrista
Subphylum: Pseudofungi
Phylum: Oomycota
Classis: Hyphochytrea
Ordo : Pirsoniales
Familia: Pirsoniaceae
Genus: Pirsonia
Species: P. diadema – P. eucampiae – P. formosa – P. guinardiae – P. verrucosa

Name

Pirsonia Schnepf Drebes, & Elbrächter, 1990

References

Primary references

• Schnepf, E., Drebes, G., & Elbrächter, M. 1990. Pirsonia guinardiae, gen. et spec. nov.: a parasitic flagellate on the marine diatom Guinardia flaccida with an unusual mode of food uptake. Helgoländer Meeresuntersuchungen 44(2): 275–293. DOI: 10.1007/BF02365468
• Kühn, S. F., Drebes, G., & Schnepf, E. 1996. Five new species of the nanoflagellate Pirsonia in the German Bight, North Sea, feeding on planktic diatoms. Helgoländer Meeresuntersuchungen 50(2): 205–222. DOI: 10.1007/BF02367152

Additional references

• Patterson, D.J., Vørs, N., Simpson, A.G.B. & O'Kelly, C. 2000. Residual Free-living and Predatory Heterotrophic Flagellates. In: Lee, J.J., Leedale, G.F. & Bradbury, P. An Illustrated Guide to the Protozoa. Society of Protozoologists/Allen Press: Lawrence, Kansas, U.S.A, 2nd ed., vol. 2, p. 1302–1328, [1]. See Brands, S.J. (1989-2015), [2].