Rastrimonas

Rastrimonas
Scientific classification
Domain:
Eukaryota
(unranked):
SAR
(unranked):
Alveolata
Phylum:
Perkinsozoa
Class:
Perkinsea
Order:
Rastrimonadida
Family:
Rastrimonadidae
Genus:
Rastrimonas

Brugerolle 2003
Species:
R. subtilis
Binomial name
Rastrimonas subtilis
(Brugerolle 2002) Brugerolle 2003
Synonyms
  • Cryptophagus Brugerolle 2002 non Herbst 1863 non Rafinesque 1815 nomen nudum
  • Cryptophagus subtilis Brugerolle 2002

Rastrimonas is a monotypic genus of parasitic alveolates in the phylum Apicomplexa. It contains the single species Rastrimonas subtilis. It was described in 2002 from the free-living cryptomonad Chilomonas paramaecium and placed in the new genus Cryptophagus. The following year this was renamed Rastrimonas.

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