Biology:Chloroparvula

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Short description: Genus of green algae


Chloroparvula
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Chloroparvula japonica (A-D) and Chloroparvula pacifica (E-F)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Plantae
Division:
Class:
Order:
Chloropicales
Family:
Chloropicaceae
Genus:
Chloroparvula

Lopes dos Santos & Eikrem 2017[1]
Type species
Chloroparvula pacifica
Lopes dos Santos & Eikrem 2017
Species
  • Chloroparvula pacifica
  • Chloroparvula japonica

Chloroparvula is a genus of green algae in the class Chloropicophyceae.[1][2]

Description

Members of this genus are distinguished from other species of Chloropicophyceae by having a thick and smooth wall, sometimes with fibrils, and a string-like ornamentation.[1]

Taxonomy

The name Chloroparvula references both its green color (chloro-) and its small size (-parvula). There are two species in the genus:[1]

  • Chloroparvula pacifica Lopes dos Santos & Eikrem 2017 (type species)
  • Chloroparvula japonica Lopes dos Santos & Eikrem 2017

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Lopes dos Santos, Adriana (2017). "Chloropicophyceae, a new class of picophytoplanktonic prasinophytes". Sci Rep 7 (1): 14019. doi:10.1038/s41598-017-12412-5. PMID 29070840. Bibcode2017NatSR...714019L. 
  2. Guiry, M.D.; Guiry, G.M. (2008). "Chloroparvula". AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. http://www.algaebase.org/browse/taxonomy/?id=52334. 

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