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Platyproteum 
Summary
The Platyproteum are a genus of parasitic alveolates in the phylum Apicomplexa. Species in this genus infect marine invertebrates.
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| Infraphylum: | Dinozoa
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| Class: | Squirmidea[1]
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| Order: | Squirmida
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| Family: | Platyproteidae
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| Genus: | Platyproteum Rueckert & Leander 2009
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Taxonomy edit
This genus was described in 2009 by Sonja Reuckert and Brian Leander.[2]
There is one species in this genus - Platyproteum vivax. This species was moved from the genus Selenidium.
It appears to be related to Filipodium phascolosomae.
Description edit
This parasite is tape like.
Life cycle edit
The parasite infects the gastrointestinal tract and is presumably transmitted by the orofaecal route but the details of this mechanism are presently unknown.
References edit
- ^ Cavalier-Smith, Thomas (2014). "Gregarine site-heterogeneous 18S rDNA trees, revision of gregarine higher classification, and the evolutionary diversification of Sporozoa". European Journal of Protistology. 50 (5): 472–495. doi:10.1016/j.ejop.2014.07.002. PMID 25238406.
- ^ Rueckert, S.; Leander, B. S. (2009). "Molecular Phylogeny and Surface Morphology of Marine Archigregarines (Apicomplexa),Selenidiumspp.,Filipodium phascolosomaen. Sp., and Platyproteumn. G. And comb. From North-Eastern Pacific Peanut Worms (Sipuncula)". Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology. 56 (5): 428–39. doi:10.1111/j.1550-7408.2009.00422.x. PMID 19737195.