Zoopagales

Zoopagales
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Zygomycota
Subdivision:	Zoopagomycotina
Order:	Zoopagales Bessey ex R.K.Benj. (1979)
Families
Cochlonemataceae Helicocephalidaceae Piptocephalidaceae Sigmoideomycetaceae Zoopagaceae Genera incertae sedis Basidiolum Massartia

The Zoopagales is an order of fungi in the subphylum Zoopagomycotina. Most species are parasites or predators of microscopic animals such as amoebae. They also prey on rotifers.^[1] The order contains 5 families, 22 genera, and 190 species.^[2]

References

1. Izco J (coord.) (2005). Botánica (2nd ed.). Madrid: McGraw-Hill. p. 281. ISBN 84-486-0609-4.
2. Kirk PM, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA. (2008). Dictionary of the Fungi (10th ed.). Wallingford, UK: CABI. p. 743. ISBN 978-0-85199-826-8.

External links

• Zoopagales at Zygomycetes.org