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Dermocystidium has been recorded from oysters (Mackin et al., 1950), numerous species of freshwater fish and some Amphibia (Reichenbach-Klinke and Elkan, 1965). The taxonomic affinities of the group have been uncertain until recently when Perkins (1976) demonstrated that Dermocystidium marinum from oysters, previously considered by many workers to be a fungus is, in fact, a member of the protozoan phylum Apicomplexa, since it possesses a zoospore stage containing an apical complex. Subsequently Levine (1978) erected a new genus Perkinsus to distinguish the oyster parasite from those found in fish and Amphibia and placed it in a new class Perkinsea, within the Apicomplexa. The relationship between the invertebrate and vertebrate parasites is not clear because of the lack of information on developmental stages of the latter group.
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McVicar, A.H., Wootten, R. (1980). Disease in Farmed Juvenile Atlantic Salmon Caused by Dermocystidium SP.. In: Ahne, W. (eds) Fish Diseases. Proceedings in Life Sciences. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-67854-7_27
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