Zoophagus insidians Sommerst.
(a zygomycete)

Interactions where Zoophagus insidians is the dominant partner and gains from the process

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'Interaction References').

Stage Summary Taxon Vernacular Classification References Darwin Classification of Active Taxon Active Taxon Active Vernacular Active Taxon Uncertain Active State Active Part Active Stage Relationship Relationship Uncertain Relationship Geography Darwin Classification of Passive Taxon Passive Taxon Passive Vernacular Passive Taxon Uncertain Passive State Passive Part Passive Stage Passive Taxon's significance to Active Taxon Indoors etc Season
parasitises UK/Ireland ROTIFERA rotifers Fungi of the South East England, Dennis, R.W.G., 1995
 /Fungi/Zygomycota/Zygomycetes/Zoopagales/Zoopagaceae/Zoophagus insidians/Zoophagus insidiansa zygomycete Animal / parasiteUK and/or Eire /Animalia/Rotifera/Rotiferarotifers

Author & YearTitleSource
Dennis, R.W.G., 1995Fungi of the South East England383pp, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

Zoophagus insidians (a zygomycete) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Zoophagus insidians (a zygomycete) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesZoophagus insidians (a zygomycete)
FamilyZOOPAGACEAE (a family of pin moulds)
OrderZOOPAGALES (an order of pin moulds)
ClassZYGOMYCETES (pin moulds)
PhylumZYGOMYCOTA (pin moulds)
KingdomFUNGI (true fungi)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Zoophagus insidians (a zygomycete)

Identification Works

Handling & MagnificationAuthorYearTitleSource
Morikawa 1993 Fungal predators of rotifers-a comparative study of Zoophagus, Lecophagus and Cephaliophora Mycol. Res. Vol 97 (04): 421-428.

Zoophagus insidians (a zygomycete) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Zoophagus insidians (a zygomycete):

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