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Chlorococcales Scientific classification Domain: Eukaryota Kingdom: Plantae Division: Chlorophyta Class: Chlorophyceae Order: Chlorococcales
Pascher, 1915Families[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
- Actinochloridaceae
- Characiaceae
- Characiosiphonaceae
- Chlorococcaceae
- Chlorochytriaceae
- Chlorosarcinaceae
- Coccomyxaceae
- Dictyosphaeriaceae
- Endosphaeraceae
- Golenkiniaceae
- Hormotilaceae
- Hydrodictyaceae
- Hypnomonadaceae
- Micractiniaceae
- Nautococcaceae
- Protosiphonaceae
- Radiococcaceae
- Rhopalosolenaceae
- Scenedesmaceae
- Sorastraceae
- Sphaerodictyaceae
- Sphaeropleaceae
- Treubariaceae
References
- ^ a b "Order: Chlorococcales Taxonomy Browser". AlgaeBase version 4.2. http://www.algaebase.org/browse/taxonomy/?id=4570. Retrieved 2007-09-22.
Categories:- Green algae
- Algae orders
- Chlorococcales
- Chlorophyceae stubs
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