# Zoopagales

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{{Short description|Order of fungi}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| image =
| taxon = Zoopagales
| authority = Bessey ex R.K.Benj. (1979)
| subdivision_ranks = Families
| subdivision =
[Cochlonemataceae](/source/Cochlonemataceae)<br>
[Helicocephalidaceae](/source/Helicocephalidaceae)<br>
[Piptocephalidaceae](/source/Piptocephalidaceae)<br>
[Sigmoideomycetaceae](/source/Sigmoideomycetaceae)<br>
[Zoopagaceae](/source/Zoopagaceae)
:Genera ''incertae sedis''
:''[Basidiolum](/source/Basidiolum_(fungus))''
:''[Massartia](/source/Massartia)''
}}

The '''Zoopagales''' is an [order](/source/order_(biology)) of [fungi](/source/fungi) in the subdivision [Zoopagomycotina](/source/Zoopagomycotina). Most species are [parasites](/source/parasitism) or predators of microscopic creatures such as [amoeba](/source/amoeba)e. They also prey on [rotifer](/source/rotifer)s.<ref name=Izco2005/> The order contains 5 [families](/source/Family_(taxonomy)), 22 [genera](/source/genera), and 190 [species](/source/species).<ref name=Kirk2008/>

==References==
{{Reflist|refs=

<ref name=Izco2005>{{cite book |author=Izco J (coord.) |title=Botánica |edition=2nd |publisher=McGraw-Hill |location=Madrid |year=2005 |page=281 |isbn=84-486-0609-4}}</ref>
<ref name=Kirk2008>{{cite book |vauthors=Kirk PM, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA |title=Dictionary of the Fungi |edition=10th |publisher=CABI |location=Wallingford, UK |year=2008 |page=743 |isbn=978-0-85199-826-8}}</ref>

}}

==External links==
* [http://zygomycetes.org/index.php?id=8 Zoopagales] at Zygomycetes.org

{{Fungi classification}}
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Category:Zygomycota
Category:Fungus orders

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