Perkinsidae

Perkinsidae is a family of alveolates in the phylum Perkinsozoa, a sister group to the dinoflagellates.

Perkinsidae
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Clade:	Sar
Clade:	Alveolata
Phylum:	Perkinsozoa
Class:	Perkinsea
Order:	Perkinsida
Family:	Perkinsidae Levine, 1978
Genera
2, see text

Members

It includes Perkinsus species, which are parasitic protozoans, some of which cause disease and mass mortality in wild and farmed molluscs such as oysters.

There are two genera:

• Perkinsus, a genus of 7 to 8 species
• Psammosa, a genus of 2 species

Characteristics

Perkinsidae possess plastids which do not contain DNA.