Dolichomastix (alga)
Genus of algae
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Dolichomastix is a genus of green algae in the class Mamiellophyceae.[1] It is a biflagellate unicellular alga. The cell body is covered with non-mineralized scales [2].
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| Dolichomastix tenuilepis | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Division: | Chlorophyta |
| Class: | Mamiellophyceae |
| Order: | Dolichomastigales |
| Family: | Dolichomastigaceae |
| Genus: | Dolichomastix Manton 1977 |
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Taxonomy.
Dolichomastix is included in the order Dolichomastigales, this in the class Mamiellophyceae, infrakingdom Chlorophyta, which is included in the subkingdom Viridiplantae (plants and algae related to plants, with chlorophytes being an infrakingdom related to streptophytes, the group in which plants as such are included).
