Nephrocytium

Nephrocytium is a genus of green algae in the class Chlorophyceae. Formerly placed in the family Oocystaceae, it is currently placed in its own family, Nephrocytiaceae.[1]

Nephrocytium
Scientific classification e
(unranked): Viridiplantae
Division: Chlorophyta
Class: Chlorophyceae
Order: Sphaeropleales
Family: Nephrocytiaceae
T.S.Garcia, Bagatini & Štenclová
Genus: Nephrocytium
Nägeli, 1849
Type species
Nephrocytium agardhianum
Nägeli, 1849
Species
  • Nephrocytium agardhianum
  • Nephrocytium limneticum
  • Nephrocytium lunaris
  • Nephrocytium lunatum

References

  1. Silva, Thaís Garcia; Štenclová, Lenka; Archanjo, Naiara Carolina Pereira; Bagatini, Inessa Lacativa (2021). "Revised phylogenetic position of Nephrocytium Nägeli (Sphaeropleales, Chlorophyceae), with the description of Nephrocytiaceae fam. nov. And Nephrocytium vieirae sp. nov". Taxon. 70 (5): 917–930. doi:10.1002/tax.12560. S2CID 239685638.


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.