Parachlorella L.Krieniz, E.H.Hegewald, D.Hepperle, V.A.R.Huss, T.Rohr & M.Wolf, 2004

Holotype species: Parachlorella beijerinckii Krienitz, E.H.Hegewald, Hepperle, V.Huss, T.Rohr & M.Wolf

Original publication and holotype designation: Krienitz, L., Hegewald, E.H., Hepperle, D., Huss, V.A.R., Rohr, T. & Wolf, M. (2004). Phylogenetic relationship of Chlorella and Parachlorella gen. nov. (Chlorophyta, Trebouxiophyceae). Phycologia 43: 529-542, 19 figs, 3 tables.

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Description: Cells solitary, planktonic or edaphic. Cells globose or egg-shaped, sometimes clothed with a gelatinous indusium. Chloroplast parietal, with a broadly ellipsoidal pyrenoid covered by grains of starch. Reproduction through 2, 4, 8 or 16 autospores. It differs from other genera of the family by the order of the nucleotides in 18S rRNA and ITS2.

The most recent alteration to this page was made on 2011-12-20 by M.D. Guiry.

Taxonomic status: This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.

Most recent taxonomic treatment adopted: 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..

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Descriptions of chrysophyte genera were subsequently published in J. Kristiansen & H.R. Preisig (eds.). 2001. Encyclopedia of Chrysophyte Genera. Bibliotheca Phycologica 110: 1-260.

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