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]
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
(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 | |
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References
- 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.
- G. Dillard (17 Aug 2004). "Nephrocytium Genus detail". AlgaeBase. Retrieved 2007-09-19.
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