Heterococcus
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| Heterococcus | |
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| Drawings of Heterococcus marietanii | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Clade: | Diaphoretickes |
| Clade: | SAR |
| Clade: | Stramenopiles |
| Phylum: | Gyrista |
| Subphylum: | Ochrophytina |
| Class: | Xanthophyceae |
| Order: | Tribonematales |
| Family: | Heteropediaceae |
| Genus: | Heterococcus Chodat, 1908 |
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Heterococcus is a genus of yellow-green algae (xanthophytes) in the family Heteropediaceae.[1] It is the only xanthophyte genus known to form lichens.[2]
