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Chytridiomycota

AphiaID

162971 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:162971)

Classification

Authority

Doweld, 2001

Status

accepted

Rank

Phylum (Division)

Parent

Fungi

Direct children (4)

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Class Chytridiomycetes
Order Lagenidiales
Order Plasmodiophorales
Class Chytridiomycota incertae sedis (temporary name)

Environment

marine, fresh, terrestrial

Original description

Doweld, A. (2001). Prosyllabus Tracheophytorum, Tentamen systematis plantarum vascularium (Tracheophyta). I-LXXX. [details]

Taxonomic citation

WoRMS (2026). Chytridiomycota. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=162971 on 2026-10-09

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2005-07-05 07:50:10Z

created

Braeckman, Ulrike

2005-07-11 12:00:11Z

changed

Vanden Berghe, Edward

2016-11-30 07:29:38Z

checked

Kirk, Paul M.

2016-12-05 07:03:40Z

changed

Kirk, Paul M.

2025-05-22 11:36:55Z

changed

Kirk, Paul M.

Licensing

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Nomenclature

original description Doweld, A. (2001). Prosyllabus Tracheophytorum, Tentamen systematis plantarum vascularium (Tracheophyta). I-LXXX. [details]

basis of record Index fungorum, available online at http://www.indexfungorum.org/ [details]

Other

additional source Margulis, L.; Schwartz, K.V. (1982). Five Kingdoms : an illustrated guide to the phyla of life on earth. Second edition. Freeman. (look up in IMIS) [details]

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

Unreviewed

Classification A phylum of the protoctista [details]

Definitions

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Language	Name
English	chytrids	[details]
Swedish	pisksvampar	[details]

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