Pirsonia

Pirsonia
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Clade: Sar
Clade: Stramenopiles
Clade: Bigyromonadea
Order: Pirsoniales
Family: Pirsoniaceae
Genus: Pirsonia
Schnepf, Debres & Elbrachter 1990
Species
  • P. diadema
  • P. eucampiae
  • P. formosa
  • P. guinardie
  • P. mucosa
  • P. punctigerae
  • P. verrucosa

Pirsonia is a non-photosynthetic genus of heterokonts. It comprises the entirety of the family Pirsoniaceae, order Pirsoniales and class Pirsonea in the subphylum Bigyromonada, phylum Gyrista.