Table 1.
Selected hyperparasitic Opistokonts (Chytridiomycota, Cryptomycota, Blastocladiomycota).
| Hyperparasite | Trophic mode | Parasite (=Host of hyperparasite) | Host (=Host of parasite) | References |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cryptomycota | Chytridiomycota | |||
| Rozella marina | Biotroph | Chytridium polysiphoniae | Parasite, red algae | Sparrow, 1960; Held, 1981 |
| Rozella parva | Biotroph | Zygorhizidium affluens | Canter, 1965; Beakes et al., 1988 | |
| Rozella rhizophlyctii | Biotroph | Rhizophlyctis rosea | Facultative parasite | Karling, 1960; Held, 1981 |
| Biotroph | Rhizophydium globosum | Parasite, Diatoms, algae | Sparrow, 1960; Held, 1981 | |
| Rozella polyphagi | Biotroph | Polyphagus laevis | Parasite, Euglena | Sparrow, 1960; Held, 1981 |
| Biotroph | Polyphagus euglenae | Parasite, Euglena | Powell, 1984 | |
| Rozella endochytrium | Biotroph | Endochytrium operculatum | Facultative parasite, algae | Sparrow, 1960; Held, 1981 |
| Rozella cladochytrii | Biotroph | Cladochytrium replicatum | Facultative parasite, green algae | Sparrow, 1960; Held, 1981 |
| Cryptomycota | Blastocladiomycota | |||
| Rozella allomycis | Biotroph | Allomyces arbuscula | Facultative parasite, insect cadaver | Held, 1981 |
| Biotroph | Allomyces macrogynus | Held, 1974 | ||
| Cryptomycota | Oomycota | |||
| Rozella rhipidii-spinosi | Biotroph | Araiospora spinosa | Facultative parasite | Sparrow, 1960; Held, 1981 |
| Rozella apodiae-brachynematis | Biotroph | Apodachlya brachynema | Facultative parasite | Sparrow, 1960; Held, 1981 |
| Rozella achlyae | Biotroph | Achlya flagellata | Facultative parasite | Sparrow, 1960; Held, 1981 |
| Dictyuchus anomalus | Parasite, fish | |||
| Rozella cuculus | Biotroph | Pythium intermedium | Parasite, plant | Sparrow, 1960; Held, 1981 |
| P. monospermum | Parasite, nematode | Held, 1981 | ||
| Rozella laevis | Biotroph | Pythium gracile | Parasite, green algae | Sparrow, 1960; Held, 1981 |
| Rozella barrettii | Biotroph | Phytophthora cactorum | Parasite, plant | Sparrow, 1960; Held, 1981 |
| Rozella pseudomorpha | Biotroph | Lagenidium rabenhorstii | Parasite, green algae | Sparrow, 1960; Held, 1981 |
| Chytridiomycota | Chytridiomycota | |||
| Dictyomorpha dioica | Biotroph | Achlya flagellata | Mullins and Barksdale, 1965 | |
| Chytridium parasiticum | Biotroph | Septosperma rhizophydii | Parasite, chytrid | Karling, 1960 |
| Rhizophydium parasiticum | Rhizophlyctis rosea | Facultative parasite, chitin | Karling, 1960; Sparrow, 1960 | |
| Chytridiomyces verrucocsa | ||||
| Rhizophydium carpophilum | Synchytrium fulgens | Parasite, plant | Karling, 1960 | |
| S. macrosporum | Parasite, plant | |||
| S. linariae | Parasite, plant | |||
| Phlyctochytrium synchytrii | Synchytrium endobioticum | Parasite, plant | Karling, 1942a | |
| Septosperma rhizophydii | Rhizophydium macrosporum | Facultative parasite | Karling, 1960 | |
| Septosperma anomala | Phlyctidium bumelleriae | Parasite, Xanthophyceae | Karling, 1960 | |
| Chytridiomycota | Oomycota | |||
| Rhizophydium pythii | Biotroph | Pythium monospermum | Parasite, nematode | Sparrow, 1960 |
| Rhizidiomyces japonicus | Phytophthora megasperma | Parasite, plant | Sneh et al., 1977 | |
| Phytophthora erythroseptica | Parasite, plant | Wynn and Epton, 1979 | ||
| Canteriomyces stigeoclonii | Phytophthora megasperma | Parasite, plant | Sneh et al., 1977 | |
| Blastocladiomycota | Oomycota | |||
| Catenaria anguillulae | Facultative | Phytophthora cinnamomii | Parasite, plant | Daft and Tsao, 1984 |
| Phytophthora parasitica | Parasite, plant |
Hyperparasites and hosts are sorted by taxon. Higher ranks are given in bold.