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Chlorococcaceae
	Ambystoma maculatum egg mass at the University of Mississippi Field Station. Symbiotic Oophila amblystomatis algae (green) is visible surrounding each developing larva.
Scientific classification
Clade:	Viridiplantae
Division:	Chlorophyta
Class:	Chlorophyceae
Order:	Chlamydomonadales
Family:	Chlorococcaceae; Blackman & Tansley, 1902
Genera
	See text.

Chlorococcaceae is a family of green algae, in the order Chlamydomonadales.^[1] They are mostly soil-dwelling algae.^[2] Many members of this group produce lipids and secondary carotenoids.^[2]

The Chlorococcaceae consists mostly of coccoid (single, nonmotile) cells with one parietal or central chloroplast and one or multiple nuclei. The chloroplast contains a single pyrenoid surrounded by a starch envelope. The cell envelope may thicken with age and develop into a mucilaginous stalk in some species.^[2] Reproduction consists of zoospores with a cell wall; after they stop swimming, the zoospores retain their shape.^[2]

The family Chlorococcaceae is currently under taxonomic revision. As currently circumscribed, the type genus Chlorococcum is polyphyletic.^[2] The type species, Chlorococcum infusionum, is a member of the clade Moewusinia.^[3]

List of genera

References

^ ^a ^b Guiry, M.D.; Guiry, G.M. (2023). "Family: Chlorococcaceae taxonomy browser". AlgaeBase version 4.2 World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. Retrieved 2023-05-22.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Temraleeva, A. D.; Moskalenko, S. V.; Bachura, Yu. M. (2017). "Morphology, ecology, and 18S rDNA phylogeny of the green microalgal order Protosiphonales (Chlorophyceae, Chlorophyta)". Microbiology. 86 (2): 159–169. doi:10.1134/S0026261717020205. S2CID 254840566.
^ Watanabe, Shin; Lewis, Louise A. (2017). "Phylogenetic interpretation of light and electron microscopic features of selected members of the phylogroup Moewusinia (Chlorophyceae), with new generic taxonomy". Phycologia. 56 (3): 329–353. Bibcode:2017Phyco..56..329W. doi:10.2216/16-64.1.

External links

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[Algaebase-1] Guiry, M.D.; Guiry, G.M. (2023). "Family: Chlorococcaceae taxonomy browser". AlgaeBase version 4.2 World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. Retrieved 2023-05-22.

[Temraleeva-2] Temraleeva, A. D.; Moskalenko, S. V.; Bachura, Yu. M. (2017). "Morphology, ecology, and 18S rDNA phylogeny of the green microalgal order Protosiphonales (Chlorophyceae, Chlorophyta)". Microbiology. 86 (2): 159–169. doi:10.1134/S0026261717020205. S2CID 254840566.

[3] Watanabe, Shin; Lewis, Louise A. (2017). "Phylogenetic interpretation of light and electron microscopic features of selected members of the phylogroup Moewusinia (Chlorophyceae), with new generic taxonomy". Phycologia. 56 (3): 329–353. Bibcode:2017Phyco..56..329W. doi:10.2216/16-64.1.

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