Chloroparvula

Chloroparvula
Chloroparvula japonica (A-D) and Chloroparvula pacifica (E-F)
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Chloroparvula

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

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

Description[edit]

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[edit]

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

References[edit]

 This article incorporates "Chloropicophyceae, a new class of picophytoplanktonic prasinophytes" text from this source, which is by Adriana Lopes dos Santos, Thibaut Pollina, Priscilla Gourvil, Erwan Corre, Dominique Marie, José Luis Garrido, Francisco Rodríguez, Mary-Hélène Noël, Daniel Vaulot and Wenche Eikrem available under the CC BY 4.0 license.

  1. ^ a b c d Lopes dos Santos, Adriana; et al. (2017). "Chloropicophyceae, a new class of picophytoplanktonic prasinophytes". Sci Rep. 7 (1): 14019. Bibcode:2017NatSR...714019L. doi:10.1038/s41598-017-12412-5. PMC 5656628. PMID 29070840.
  2. ^ Guiry, M.D.; Guiry, G.M. "Chloroparvula". AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway.