Rastrimonas

Rastrimonas
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
(unranked):	SAR
(unranked):	Alveolata
Phylum:	Perkinsozoa
Class:	Perkinsea
Order:	Rastrimonadida
Family:	Rastrimonadidae
Genus:	Rastrimonas; Brugerolle 2003
Species:	R. subtilis
Binomial name
	Rastrimonas subtilis; (Brugerolle 2002) Brugerolle 2003
Synonyms
	Cryptophagus Brugerolle 2002 non Herbst 1863 non Rafinesque 1815 nomen nudum; Cryptophagus subtilis Brugerolle 2002;

Rastrimonas is a monotypic genus of parasitic alveolates in the phylum Apicomplexa. It contains the single species Rastrimonas subtilis. It was described in 2002 from the free-living cryptomonad Chilomonas paramaecium and placed in the new genus Cryptophagus.^[1] The following year this was renamed Rastrimonas.^[2]

References

^ Brugerolle, G. (2002). "Cryptophagus subtilis: a new parasite of cryptophytes affiliated with the Perkinsozoa lineage". Eur J Protistol. 37 (4): 379–90. doi:10.1078/0932-4739-00837.
^ Brugerolle, G. (2003). "Apicomplexan parasite Cryptophagus renamed Rastrimonas gen. nov". Eur J Protistol. 39 (1): 101. doi:10.1078/0932-4739-00910.

[bru-1] Brugerolle, G. (2002). "Cryptophagus subtilis: a new parasite of cryptophytes affiliated with the Perkinsozoa lineage". Eur J Protistol. 37 (4): 379–90. doi:10.1078/0932-4739-00837.

[2] Brugerolle, G. (2003). "Apicomplexan parasite Cryptophagus renamed Rastrimonas gen. nov". Eur J Protistol. 39 (1): 101. doi:10.1078/0932-4739-00910.

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