Chlorococcales

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Chlorococcales
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Chlorophyta
Class: Chlorophyceae
Order: Chlorococcales
Pascher, 1915
Families[1]

See text.

Chlorococcales is an order of green algae in the class Chlorophyceae. Individual specimens are sometimes found in soil, but mostly in fresh and marine waters. The order contains approximately 780 species.[1]

Families

According to Smith system:

  • Chlorococcaceae
  • Endosphaeraceae
  • Characiaceae
  • Protosiphonaceae
  • Hydrodictyaceae
  • Oöcystaceae
  • Scenedesmaceae

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Order: Chlorococcales Taxonomy Browser". AlgaeBase version 4.2. Retrieved 2007-09-22. 

Bibliography

  • Komarék, J.; Fott, B. 1983. Chlorophyceae (Grünalgen), Ordnung: Chlorococcales, In: Huber-Pestalozzi, G., (Ed), Das Phytoplankton des Susswasers; Systematik und Biologie. Stuttgart, E. Schweizerbart’sche Verlagsbuchhhandlung, Bd 7, fasc. 1, 1044p.
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