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Oocystaceae
Sign in to saveOocystaceae is a family of green algae, in the class Trebouxiophyceae. Molecular phylogenetic studies mostly (but not always) place the family in the order Chlorellales, as sister to Chlorellaceae. The type genus is Oocystis.
Species
オオキスチス科
FAMILY
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumChlorophyta
- ClassTrebouxiophyceae
- OrderOocystales
- FamilyOocystaceae
Habitatmarine, brackish, freshwater
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 2
- With media
- 1
- Family
- Oocystaceae
- Collections
- MEL, NHMUK
- Recorded in
- Australia, Germany
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Chlorellales
- Image
- Chondrosphaera sp.jpeg
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- Category:Oocystaceae
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- Oocystaceae
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- Oocystaceae
- taxon common name
- オーキスチス科
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Encyclopedic overview
5 sectionsContents
- Description
- Classification
- List of genera
- Phylogeny
- References
Oocystaceae is a family of green algae, in the class Trebouxiophyceae. Molecular phylogenetic studies mostly (but not always) place the family in the order Chlorellales, as sister to Chlorellaceae. The type genus is Oocystis.
Members of Oocystaceae are common microalgae in freshwater habitats, and a few occur in semi-saline.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Oocystaceae” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.