Elliptochloris
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| Elliptochloris | |
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| Elliptochloris bilobata | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Division: | Chlorophyta |
| Class: | Trebouxiophyceae |
| Order: | incertae sedis |
| Family: | incertae sedis |
| Genus: | Elliptochloris Tscherm.-Woess[1] |
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Elliptochloris is a genus of green algae in the order Prasiolales.[1] Species of this genus are common and found in a variety of terrestrial habitats such as soils.[2] Some species in the genus are photobiont partners in lichens.[3] One species, E. marina, is a symbiont within two species of sea anemone, Anthopleura elegantissima and A. xanthogrammica.[4] It seems to have a worldwide distribution.[5]
