Isochrysis

Isochrysis
Isochrysis galbana
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Clade: Diaphoretickes
Phylum: Haptista
Subphylum: Haptophytina
Class: Coccolithophyceae
Order: Isochrysidales
Family: Isochrysidaceae
Genus: Isochrysis
Parke, 1949

Isochrysis is a genus of haptophytes.[1][2] Until recently this genus was also thought to contain the 'T-iso' algae frequently used in aquaculture; that species has been reclassified as Tisochrysis lutea.[3]

Species

There are six species:[1]

References

  1. ^ a b Guiry, M.D.; Guiry, G.M. "Isochrysis". AlgaeBase. University of Galway. Retrieved 26 March 2024.
  2. ^ Guiry MD, Guiry GM, eds. (2024). "Isochrysis Parke, 1949". AlgaeBase. National University of Ireland, Galway. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 26 March 2024.
  3. ^ Bendif, El Mahdi; Probert, Ian; Schroeder, Declan C.; de Vargas, Colomban (December 2013). "On the description of Tisochrysis lutea gen. nov. sp. nov. and Isochrysis nuda sp. nov. in the Isochrysidales, and the transfer of Dicrateria to the Prymnesiales (Haptophyta)". Journal of Applied Phycology. 25 (6): 1763–1776. doi:10.1007/s10811-013-0037-0.


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