Chlorococcales
| Chlorococcales | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Division: | Chlorophyta |
| Class: | Chlorophyceae |
| Order: | Chlorococcales Pascher, 1915 |
| Families[1] | |
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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.
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