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The ultrastructure of the genera Althornia, Aplanochytrium, Japonochytrium, Schizochytrium and Thraustochytrium is described, and all are regarded as members of the new order Thraustochytriales Sparrow. Species considered are Althornia crouchii, Aplanochytrium kerguelensis, Hyalochlorella marina, Japonochytrium sp., Schizochytrium aggregatum, Thraustochytrium kinnei and T. striatum. All but H. marina are, on ultrastructural evidence, related genera, and some speculative suggestions are made about possible interrelationships both between the species discussed, between the Thraustochytriales and Labyrinthulales, and between these two and other major taxa.
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Alderman, D.J., Harrison, J.L., Bremer, G.B. et al. Taxonomic revisions in the marine biflagellate fungi: The ultrastructural evidence. Mar. Biol. 25, 345–357 (1974). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00404978
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