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| Ambystoma maculatum egg mass at the University of Mississippi Field Station. Symbiotic Oophila amblystomatis algae (green) is visible surrounding each developing larva. | |
Scientific classification 
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| Clade: | Viridiplantae |
| Division: | Chlorophyta |
| Class: | Chlorophyceae |
| Order: | Chlamydomonadales |
| Family: | Chlorococcaceae Blackman & Tansley, 1902 |
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Chlorococcaceae is a family of green algae, in the order Chlamydomonadales. They are mostly soil-dwelling algae. Many members of this group produce lipids and secondary carotenoids.
The Chlorococcaceae consists mostly of coccoid (single, nonmotile) cells with one parietal or central chloroplast and one or multiple nuclei. The chloroplast contains a single pyrenoid surrounded by a starch envelope. The cell envelope may thicken with age and develop into a mucilaginous stalk in some species. Reproduction consists of zoospores with a cell wall; after they stop swimming, the zoospores retain their shape.
The family Chlorococcaceae is currently under taxonomic revision. As currently circumscribed, the type genus Chlorococcum is polyphyletic. The type species, Chlorococcum infusionum, is a member of the clade Moewusinia.
List of genera
- Apodochloris
- Athroocystis
- Axilococcus
- Borodinellopsis
- Chlorococcum
- Chlorohippotes
- Closteridium
- Cystococcus
- Cystomonas
- Emergococcus
- Emergosphaera
- Eubrownia
- Fasciculochloris
- Ferricystis
- Kentrosphaeropsis
- Lautosphaeria
- Nautococcus
- Neglectellopsis
- Neospongiococcum
- Octogoniella
- Phaseolaria
- Pseudodictyococcus
- Pseudoplanophila
- Pseudospongiococcum
- Pseudotrochiscia
- Radiosphaera
- Skujaster
- Spongiochloris
- Spongiococcum
- †Syndesmorion
- Tetracystis
- Torgia
- Ulotrichella
- Valeriella
- Valkanoviella
References
- ^ Guiry, M.D.; Guiry, G.M. (2023). "Family: Chlorococcaceae taxonomy browser". AlgaeBase version 4.2 World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. Retrieved 2023-05-22.
- ^ Temraleeva, A. D.; Moskalenko, S. V.; Bachura, Yu. M. (2017). "Morphology, ecology, and 18S rDNA phylogeny of the green microalgal order Protosiphonales (Chlorophyceae, Chlorophyta)". Microbiology. 86 (2): 159–169. doi:10.1134/S0026261717020205. S2CID 254840566.
- Watanabe, Shin; Lewis, Louise A. (2017). "Phylogenetic interpretation of light and electron microscopic features of selected members of the phylogroup Moewusinia (Chlorophyceae), with new generic taxonomy". Phycologia. 56 (3): 329–353. Bibcode:2017Phyco..56..329W. doi:10.2216/16-64.1.
External links
Data related to Chlorococcaceae at Wikispecies
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