Chlorococcaceae
Family of algae
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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]
Blackman & Tansley, 1902
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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. | |
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Division: | Chlorophyta |
| Class: | Chlorophyceae |
| Order: | Chlamydomonadales |
| Family: | Chlorococcaceae Blackman & Tansley, 1902 |
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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
