Chlorochytriaceae

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Divisio: Chlorophyta
Subphylum: Chlorophytina
Classis: Chlorophyceae
Ordo: Chlamydomonadales

Familia: Chlorochytriaceae

Genera: Botryokoryne – Burkillia – Chlorochytrium – Phyllobium – Rhodochytrium
Name

Chlorochytriaceae McNab, Bot. Outl. Classif.: 27. 1878 (“Chlorochytridiaceae”)

Type Genus: Chlorochytrium Cohn
References
Primary references

McNab, W.R. 1878. Botany. Outlines of classification of plants. London: Longmans, Green & co. Archive Reference page.
Setchell, W.A. & Gardner, N.L. 1920. The marine algae of the Pacific coast of North America. Part II. Chlorophyceae. University of California Publications in Botany 8: 139–374, Plates 9–33. BHL Reference page. [See page 146]

Links

Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 2020. Chlorochytriaceae. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. Accessed 2020-02-21.

Chlorochytriaceae is a family of algae within the order Chlamydomonadales.[1] Alternatively, it shows some morphological similarity to Characiosiphonaceae and closely related to it.[2] It contains a number of parasitic taxa endophytic within vascular plants, mosses, or other algae.[3]

The family Chlorochytriaceae consists of microscopic organisms which are unicellular or multicellular, with relatively large cells (up to 400 µm long); the cells may have an secondarily thickened cell wall or rhizoidal extensions. Chloroplasts are usually parietally located, and may be divided into complex lobes and/or contain pyrenoids. Cells contain one or more nuclei. Reproduction occurs via zoospores with two flagella; sexual reproduction via gametes may also occur.[3] This family appears to be an artificial assemblage of different parasitic genera.[3] The genus Scotinosphaera was once classified in this family, but due to molecular evidence it has been placed in its own order (Scotinosphaerales) within Ulvophyceae. [4]
References

Chlorochytriaceae at AlgaeBase.
Wujek, Daniel E.; Thompson, Rufus H. (2005). "Endophytic unicellular chlorophytes: a review of Chlorochytrium and Scotinosphaera". Phcyologia. 44 (3): 254–260.
Komárek, J.; Fott, B. (1983). Chlorophyceae (Grünalgen), Ordnung Chlorococcales. Das Phytoplankton des Süßwassers (in German). E. Schweizerbart'sche Verlagsbuchhandlung. p. 1044.
Škaloud, Pavel; Kalina, Tomáš; Nemjová, Katarína; De Clerck, Olivier; Leliaert, Frederik (2013). "Morphology and Phylogenetic Position of the Freshwater Green Microalgae Chlorochytrium (Chlorophyceae) and Scotinosphaera (Scotinosphaerales, ord. nov., Ulvophyceae)". Journal of Phycology. 49: 115–129. doi:10.1111/jpy.12021.