Octogoniella

Octogoniella
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Clade: Viridiplantae
Division: Chlorophyta
Class: Chlorophyceae
Order: Chlamydomonadales
Family: Chlorococcaceae
Genus: Octogoniella
Pascher, 1930
Species:
O. sphagnicola
Binomial name
Octogoniella sphagnicola
Pascher[1]

Octogoniella is a genus of green algae, in the family Chlorococcaceae. It contains a single species, Octogoniella sphagnicola, found as an epiphyte on Sphagnum leaves.[1] It is a rarely recorded taxon.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. (2007). "Genus: Octogoniella taxonomy browser". AlgaeBase version 4.2 World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. Retrieved 2007-09-25.
  2. ^ Shubert, Elliot; Gärtner, Georg (2014). "Chapter 7. Nonmotile Coccoid and Colonial Green Algae". In Wehr, John D.; Sheath, Robert G.; Kociolek, J. Patrick (eds.). Freshwater Algae of North America: Ecology and Classification (2 ed.). Elsevier Inc. ISBN 978-0-12-385876-4.


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