Chloroparvula
| Chloroparvula | |
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| Chloroparvula japonica (A-D) and Chloroparvula pacifica (E-F) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Division: | Chlorophyta |
| Class: | Chloropicophyceae |
| Order: | Chloropicales |
| Family: | Chloropicaceae |
| Genus: | Chloroparvula Lopes dos Santos & Eikrem 2017[1] |
| Type species | |
| Chloroparvula pacifica Lopes dos Santos & Eikrem 2017
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| Species | |
Chloroparvula is a genus of green algae in the class Chloropicophyceae.[1][2]
Description
[edit | edit source]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 | edit source]The name Chloroparvula references both its green color (chloro-) and its small size (-parvula). There are two species in the genus:[1]
- Chloroparvula pacifica Lopes dos Santos & Eikrem 2017 (type species)
- Chloroparvula japonica Lopes dos Santos & Eikrem 2017
References
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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.
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