Cnidospora

Cnidospora is a defunct subphylum of microscopic spore-forming parasites in the defunct phylum Protozoa. The subphylum was divided into two classes[1], the Myxosporidea (now classified as higher-animals, i.e. Metazoa[2]) and the Microsporidea (now classified as fungi).

References

  1. ^ Honigberg, B. M.; W. Balamuth, E. C. Bovee, J. O. Corliss, M. Gojdics, R. P. Hall, R. R. Kudo, N. D. Levine, A. R. Lobblich, J. Weiser (1964). "A Revised Classification of the Phylum Protozoa". Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology 11 (1): 7-20. 
  2. ^ Smothers, J. F.; Von Dohlen, C. D.; Smith Jr, L. H.; Spall, R. D. (1994). "Molecular evidence that the myxozoan protists are metazoans". Science 265 (5179): 1719–1721. PMID 8085160.  edit