Plasmodiophore
| Plasmodiophores | |
|---|---|
| "Plasmodiophoraceae" 1960 illustration. | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Clade: | Diaphoretickes |
| Clade: | Sar |
| Clade: | Rhizaria |
| Phylum: | Endomyxa |
| Class: | Phytomyxea |
| Order: | Plasmodiophorida Cook, 1928 |
| Family: | Plasmodiophoridae Zopf, 1884 |
| Type genus | |
| Plasmodiophora M. Woronin, 1877 | |
| Genera | |
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| Synonyms | |
The plasmodiophores (also known as plasmophorids or plasmodiophorids) are a group of obligate endoparasitic protists belonging to the subphylum Endomyxa in Cercozoa. Taxonomically, they are united under a single family Plasmodiophoridae, order Plasmodiophorida, sister to the phagomyxids.