# Ichthyophonus

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Genus of protists

Ichthyophonus Hyphae (or germ tubes) and schizonts of Ichthyophonus hoferi Scientific classification Domain: Eukaryota Clade: Obazoa Clade: Opisthokonta Class: Ichthyosporea Order: Ichthyophonida Family: Ichthyophonidae Genus: Ichthyophonus Plehn & Mulsow 1911 Type species Ichthyophonus hoferi Plehn & Mulsow 1911 Species[1] Ichthyophonus gasterophilus Ichthyophonus hoferi Ichthyophonus intestinalis Ichthyophonus irregularis Ichthyophonus lotae

***Ichthyophonus*** is a [genus](/source/Genus) of [unicellular](/source/Unicellular_organism) [eukaryotic](/source/Eukaryote) [parasites](/source/Parasitism) of [fish](/source/Fish). They were once considered to be [fungi](/source/Fungus), but [phylogenetic](/source/Phylogenetics) evidence suggests they are [protists](/source/Protist) related to both fungi and [animals](/source/Animal).[2][3]

## Species

- *Ichthyophonus gasterophilus* (Caullery & Mesnil 1905) Sprague 1965

- *[Ichthyophonus hoferi](/source/Ichthyophonus_hoferi)* Plehn & Mulsow 1911

- *Ichthyophonus intestinalis* Léger & Hesse 1923

- *Ichthyophonus irregularis* Rand et al. 2000

- *Ichthyophonus lotae* Leger 1925

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["Ichthyophonus"](http://www.mycobank.org/Biolomics.aspx?Table=Mycobank&Rec=95744&Fields=All). *www.mycobank.org*. Retrieved 2020-05-17.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-pmid8876236_2-0)** Ragan MA, Goggin CL, Cawthorn RJ, et al. (October 1996). ["A novel clade of protistan parasites near the animal-fungal divergence"](https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC38157). *Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A*. **93** (21): 11907–12. [Bibcode](/source/Bibcode_(identifier)):[1996PNAS...9311907R](https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1996PNAS...9311907R). [doi](/source/Doi_(identifier)):[10.1073/pnas.93.21.11907](https://doi.org/10.1073%2Fpnas.93.21.11907). [PMC](/source/PMC_(identifier)) [38157](https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC38157). [PMID](/source/PMID_(identifier)) [8876236](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/8876236).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-pmid18576846_3-0)** Hershberger PK, Pacheco CA, Gregg JL, Purcell MK, LaPatra SE (October 2008). ["Differential survival of *Ichthyophonus* isolates indicates parasite adaptation to its host environment"](https://zenodo.org/record/1236369). *J. Parasitol.* (Submitted manuscript). **94** (5): 1055–9. [doi](/source/Doi_(identifier)):[10.1645/GE-1553.1](https://doi.org/10.1645%2FGE-1553.1). [PMID](/source/PMID_(identifier)) [18576846](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/18576846). [S2CID](/source/S2CID_(identifier)) [32045435](https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:32045435).

v t e Opisthokont: Mesomycetozoea Domain Archaea Bacteria Eukaryota (major groups Metamonada Discoba Diaphoretickes Hacrobia Cryptista Rhizaria Alveolata Stramenopiles Plants Amorphea Amoebozoa Opisthokonta Animalia Fungi Mesomycetozoea) Dermocystida Rhinosporidiaceae Amphibiocystidium Chromosphaera Dermocystidium Dermosporidium Dermotheca Rhinosporidium Sphaerothecum Valentines Ichthyophonida Sphaeroformina Creolimacidae Anurofeca Creolimax Sphaeroforma Piridae Abeoforma Caullerya Pirum Psorospermidae Psorospermis Trichomycina Amoebidiidae Amoebidium Eccrinaceae Alacrinella Arundinula Astreptonema Eccrinidus Eccrinoides Enterobryus Enteromyces Enteropogon Leidyomyces Palavascia Paramacrinella Passalomyces Ramacrinella Taeniella Taeniellopsis Ichthyophonidae Ichthyophonus Paramoebidiidae Paramoebidium Parataeniellaceae Lajassiella Nodocrinella Parataeniella

Taxon identifiers Ichthyophonus Wikidata: Q5986432 Wikispecies: Ichthyophonus EoL: 8812646 GBIF: 7926088 IndexFungorum: 20278 MycoBank: 20278 NCBI: 39842 Open Tree of Life: 689974 SpeciesFungorum: 20278

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