Nephroselmis

Nephroselmis
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Viridiplantae
Phylum: Chlorophyta
Class: Prasinophyceae
Order: Pseudoscourfieldiales
Family: Pycnococcaceae
Genus: Nephroselmis
Species
  • N. olivacea
  • N. minuta
  • N. pyriformis
  • N. intermedia
  • N. astigmatica
  • N. spinosa
  • N. viridis
  • N. sp. MBIC11149
  • N. rotunda

In taxonomy, Nephroselmis is a genus of algae. It has been placed in the Pycnococcaceae,[1] although a 2009 study suggests that it should be separated into its own class, Nephroselmidophyceae.[2]

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References

  1. ^ See the NCBI webpage on Nephroselmis. Data extracted from the "NCBI taxonomy resources". National Center for Biotechnology Information. ftp://ftp.ncbi.nih.gov/pub/taxonomy/. Retrieved 2007-03-19. 
  2. ^ Becker, B. & Marin, B. (2009), "Streptophyte algae and the origin of embryophytes", Annals of Botany 103 (7): 999–1004, doi:10.1093/aob/mcp044, PMC 2707909, PMID 19273476, http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?tool=pmcentrez&artid=2707909 

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