Biology:Chloroparvula
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Short description: Genus of green algae
| Chloroparvula | |
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| Chloroparvula japonica (A-D) and Chloroparvula pacifica (E-F) | |
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| Kingdom: | Plantae
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| Order: | Chloropicales
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| Family: | Chloropicaceae
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| Genus: | Chloroparvula Lopes dos Santos & Eikrem 2017[1]
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| Type species | |
| Chloroparvula pacifica Lopes dos Santos & Eikrem 2017
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Chloroparvula is a genus of green algae in the class Chloropicophyceae.[1][2]
Description
Members of this genus are distinguished from other species of Chloropicophyceae by having a thick and smooth wall, sometimes with fibrils, and a string-like ornamentation.[1]
Taxonomy
The name Chloroparvula references both its green color (chloro-) and its small size (-parvula). There are two species in the genus:[1]
- Chloroparvula pacifica Lopes dos Santos & Eikrem 2017 (type species)
- Chloroparvula japonica Lopes dos Santos & Eikrem 2017
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Lopes dos Santos, Adriana (2017). "Chloropicophyceae, a new class of picophytoplanktonic prasinophytes". Sci Rep 7 (1): 14019. doi:10.1038/s41598-017-12412-5. PMID 29070840. Bibcode: 2017NatSR...714019L.
- ↑ Guiry, M.D.; Guiry, G.M. (2008). "Chloroparvula". AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. http://www.algaebase.org/browse/taxonomy/?id=52334.
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