Corallochytrium | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
(unranked): | Opisthokonta |
Class: | Corallochytrea |
Genus: | Corallochytrium |
Species | |
Corallochytrium confervae |
Corallochytrium is a single-celled eukaryote which was found in coral reef lagoons of the Lakshadweep islands of the Arabian sea.[1] Although it is an opisthokont, its closest relatives in that group are not clear. For example, it is not clear whether it is more closely related to animals or fungi.[2]
This organism produces rough, pink, raised colonies on BK medium. The vegetative cells are unicellular. Reproduction is by binary divisions The amoeboid spores are limax shaped.