Aureococcus
Species of alga
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Aureococcus anophagefferens is a species of heterokont alga. Its cells have a single chloroplast, nucleus, and mitochondrion and an unusual exocellular polysaccharide-like layer. It causes harmful algal blooms.[1][2] It is the only species in the genus Aureococcus.
| Aureococcus | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Clade: | Sar |
| Clade: | Stramenopiles |
| Division: | Ochrophyta |
| Class: | Dictyochophyceae |
| Order: | Pelagomonadales |
| Family: | Pelagomonadaceae |
| Genus: | Aureococcus |
| Species: | A. anophagefferens |
| Binomial name | |
| Aureococcus anophagefferens Hargraves & Sieburth, 1988 | |
