Myrmecia (alga)

Myrmecia
Myrmecia globosa
Scientific classification
Clade:	Viridiplantae
Division:	Chlorophyta
Class:	Trebouxiophyceae
Order:	Trebouxiales
Family:	Trebouxiaceae
Genus:	Myrmecia Printz
Synonyms
Friedmannia Chantanachat & Bold[1]

Myrmecia is a genus of green algae that is associated with lichens.[2][3][4]

Species

The genus has nine recognised species:[5]

• Myrmecia aquatica G.M.Smith
• Myrmecia astigmatica Vinatzer
• Myrmecia biatorellae J.B.Petersen
• Myrmecia bisecta Reisigl
• Myrmecia globosa Printz
• Myrmecia irregularis (J.B.Petersen) Ettl & Gärtner
• Myrmecia israelensis (S.Chantanachat & H.Bold) T.Friedl
• Myrmecia macronucleata (Deason) V.M.Andreeva
• Myrmecia pyriformis J.B.Petersen

References

1. Guiry, M.D.; Guiry, G.M. "Friedmannia". AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. Retrieved 2024-11-29.
2. Printz, H. (1921). Subaërial algae from South Africa. Kongelige Norske Videnskabers Selskabs Skrifter 1920(1): 1-41, pls I-XIV
3. Friedl, T. (1995). Inferring taxonomic positions and testing genus level assignments in coccoid green lichen algae: a phylogenetic analysis of 18S ribosomal RNA sequences from Dictyochloropsis reticulata and from members of the genus Myrmecia (Chlorophyta, Trebouxiophyceae cl. nov.). Journal of Phycology 31(4): 632-639
4. Tsarenko, P.M. (2011). Trebouxiophyceae. In: Algae of Ukraine: diversity, nomenclature, taxonomy, ecology and geography. Volume 3: Chlorophyta. (Tsarenko, P.M., Wasser, S.P. & Nevo, E. Eds), pp. 61-108. Ruggell: A.R.A. Gantner Verlag K.-G
5. Guiry, M.D.; Guiry, G.M. (eds.). "Myrmecia Printz, 1920". AlgaeBase. National University of Ireland, Galway. Retrieved 18 December 2023.