Biology:Chlorococcaceae
Chlorococcaceae is a family of green algae, in the order Chlamydomonadales.[1] They are mostly soil-dwelling algae.[2] Many members of this group produce lipids and secondary carotenoids.[2]
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.[2] Reproduction consists of zoospores with a cell wall; after they stop swimming, the zoospores retain their shape.[2]
The family Chlorococcaceae is currently under taxonomic revision. As currently circumscribed, the type genus Chlorococcum is polyphyletic.[2] The type species, Chlorococcum infusionum, is a member of the clade Moewusinia.[3]
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
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<ref>tag; no text was provided for refs namedAlgaebase - ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 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.
- ↑ 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. doi:10.2216/16-64.1. Bibcode: 2017Phyco..56..329W.
External links
Data related to Chlorococcaceae at Wikispecies
Wikidata ☰ Q5103032 entry
