Pirsonia

Pirsonia is a non photosynthetic genus of heterokonts.^[1][2] It comprises the entirety of the family Pirsoniaceae, order Pirsoniida and class Pirsonea in the subphylum Bigyromonada, phylum Gyrista.^[3]

Pirsonia
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Clade:	Sar
Clade:	Stramenopiles
Clade:	Gyrista
Class:	Pirsonea Cavalier-Smith 2017
Order:	Pirsoniida Cavalier-Smith & Chao 2006
Family:	Pirsoniaceae Cavalier-Smith 1998
Genus:	Pirsonia Schnepf, Debres & Elbrachter 1990
Species
P. diadema P. eucampiae P. formosa P. guinardie P. mucosa P. punctigerae P. verrucosa

Taxonomy

• Class Pirsonea Cavalier-Smith 2017^[3] [Pirsoniomycetes]
  • Order Pirsoniales Cavalier-Smith 1998 [Pirsoniida Cavalier-Smith & Chao 2006]
    • Family Pirsoniaceae Cavalier-Smith 1998
      • Pirsonia Schnepf, Debres & Elbrachter 1990
        • P. diadema Kühn 1996
        • P. eucampiae Kühn 1996
        • P. formosa Kühn 1996
        • P. guinardie Schnepf, Debres & Elbrachter 1990
        • P. mucosa Kühn 1996
        • P. punctigerae
        • P. verrucosa Kühn 1996