Prasiolaceae is a family of green algae in the order Prasiolales.[2] Members of this family are found in freshwater, terrestrial, and marine habitats.[3]
Algae in the family Prasiolaceae consist of thalli with blades a single cell thick (i.e. monostromatic). Vegetative cells are polygonal with two to four cells arranged within a parent cell wall. Each cell has a single, stellate chloroplast and a central pyrenoid.[4]
Traditionally, it was the only family in the order Prasiolales.[5] However, molecular phylogenetics have shown that additional algae with simple morphologies, such as Stichococcus, also belong to the same clade as this family.[6]
Another, older study places Prasionella as sister to Rosenvingiella.[5] The above cladogram excludes the genus Schizogonium, which is taxonomically problematic and likely a synonym of Rosenvingiella.[8]
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^Luan, R.; Huang, B.; Ding, L; Luan, S. (2009). "Two new species of family Prasiolaceae (Prasiolales, Chlorophyta) from China Sea". Acta Oceanologia Sinica. 28 (6): 118–122.
^ abHeesch, Svenja; Pažoutová, Marie; Moniz, Mónica B.J.; Rindi, Fabio (2016). "Prasiolales (Trebouxiophyceae, Chlorophyta) of the Svalbard Archipelago: Diversity, biogeography and description of the new genera Prasionella and Prasionema". European Journal of Phycology. 51 (2): 171–187. Bibcode:2016EJPhy..51..171H. doi:10.1080/09670262.2015.1115557.
^Rindi, Fabio; McIvor, Lynne; Sherwood, Alison R.; Friedl, Thomas; Guiry, Michael D.; Sheath, Robert G. (2007). "Molecular phylogeny of the green algal order Prasiolales (Trebouxiophyceae, Chlorophyta)". Journal of Phycology. 43 (4): 811–822. Bibcode:2007JPcgy..43..811R. doi:10.1111/j.1529-8817.2007.00372.x.
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