Prasinophyceae
| Description | The Prasinophytes (incl. Tetraphytina) or chlorophyta are a class of unicellular green algae. Prasinophytes mainly include marine planktonic species, as well as some freshwater representatives. The prasinophytes are morphologically diverse, including flagellates with one to eight flagella and non-motile (coccoid) unicells. The cells of many species are covered with organic body scales; others are naked. Well studied genera include Ostreococcus, considered to be the smallest (ca. 0.95 μm) free-living eukaryote, and Micromonas, both of which are found in marine waters worldwide. Prasinophytes have simple cellular structures, containing a single chloroplast and a single mitochondrion. The genomes are relatively small compared to other eukaryotes (about 12 Mbp for Ostreococcus and 21 Mbp for Micromonas). From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prasinophyceae, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0. | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Plantae : Chlorophyta : Prasinophyceae | ||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Scientific Name | Prasinophyceae | ||||||||||||||||||
| Common Name(s) | プラシノ藻 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prasinophyceae |
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Chlorodendrales order | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Halosphaerales order | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Prasinococcales order | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Pseudoscourfieldiales order | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
 Pyramimonadalesorder | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 0 Ma Extant | |||
| Prasinocladidae family | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Phyllocardium genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Verdigellas genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Obsolete Names
| Name | Source | Taxon Rank | Taxonomy |
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| Prasinomonadina | GBIF | order | Plantae : Chlorophyta : Prasinophyceae : Prasinomonadina |
| Prasinophyta | GBIF | phylum | Plantae : Prasinophyta |
References
| Bengt Karlson (2008) Bearbetad lista över encelliga organismer i marin miljö. Listan följer Algaebase (http://www.algaebase.org) och har bearbetats av Bengt Karlson (SMHI). - via Dyntaxa. Svensk taxonomisk databas |
| Guiry, G.M. (2012) AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. http://www.algaebase.org; - via Dyntaxa. Svensk taxonomisk databas |
| Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. (2019). AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. - via World Register of Marine Species |
| Margulis, L.; Schwartz, K.V. (1998). Five Kingdoms: an illustrated guide to the Phyla of life on earth. 3rd edition. Freeman: New York, NY (USA). ISBN 0-7167-3027-8. xx, 520 pp. - via World Register of Marine Species |
| Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. (2019). AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. - via World Register of Introduced Marine Species (WRiMS) |
| Margulis, L.; Schwartz, K.V. (1998). Five Kingdoms: an illustrated guide to the Phyla of life on earth. 3rd edition. Freeman: New York, NY (USA). ISBN 0-7167-3027-8. xx, 520 pp. - via World Register of Introduced Marine Species (WRiMS) |
