Biology:Pycnococcaceae
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Short description: Family of algae
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Scientific classification 
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| (unranked): | Viridiplantae |
| Division: | Chlorophyta |
| Class: | Pyramimonadophyceae |
| Order: | Pseudoscourfieldiales |
| Family: | Pycnococcaceae R.R.L.Guillard |
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Pycnococcaceae is a family of green algae in the order Pseudoscourfieldiales.[1] The defining features of this family include the single invagination of the pyrenoid where the mitochondrial membrane fits into it [2] and the "decapore" - a ring of 10 pores through the thick cell wall.[3]
References
- ↑ Guiry, M.D.; Guiry, G.M. (2026). "Pycnococcaceae". AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. http://www.algaebase.org/browse/taxonomy/?id=4751.
- ↑ Guillard et al. 1991 Pycnococcus provasolii, a coccoid prasinoxanthin containing phytoplankter from the Western North Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico. Journal of Phycology 27:39–47.
- ↑ Sieburth et al. 1999 Widespread occurrence of the oceanic ultraplankter Prasinococcus capsulatus (Prasinophyceae), the diagnostic "Golgi-Decapore complex" and the newly discovered polysaccharide "capsulan"
Wikidata ☰ Q7262911 entry
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