Chlorococcaceae

Life-forms

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

Familia: Chlorococcaceae

Genera: Apodochloris – Athroocystis – Axilococcus – Borodinellopsis – Chlorococcum – Chlorohippotes – Closteridium – Cystomonas – Emergococcus – Emergosphaera – Eubrownia – Fasciculochloris – Ferricystis – Kentrosphaeropsis – Lautosphaeria – Nautococcus – Neglectellopsis – Neospongiococcum – Octogoniella – Phaseolaria – Pseudodictyococcus – Pseudoplanophila – Pseudospongiococcum – Pseudotrochiscia – Radiosphaera – Skujaster – Spongiochloris – Spongiococcum – †Syndesmorion – Tetracystis – †Torgia – Ulotrichella – Valeriella – Valkanoviella – †Xenosphaera
Name

Chlorococcaceae F.F.Blackman & Tansley, 1902: 95

Type Genus: Chlorococcum Meneghini

References
Primary references

Blackman, F.F. & Tansley, A.G. 1902. A revision of the classification of the green algae. New Phytologist 1: 17–24, 47–48, 67–72, 89–96, 114–120, 133–144, 163–168, 189–192, 213–220, 238–244. Online. BHL Reference page.

Links

Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 2024. Chlorococcaceae. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. Accessed 2024-02-05

Chlorococcaceae is a family of green algae, in the order Chlamydomonadales.[1] They are mostly soil-dwelling algae.[2] Many members of this group produce lipids and secondary carotenoids.[2]

The Chlorococcaceae consists mostly of coccoid (single, nonmotile) cells with one parietal or central chloroplast and one or multiple nuclei. The chloroplast contains a single pyrenoid surrounded by a starch envelope. The cell envelope may thicken with age and develop into a mucilaginous stalk in some species.[2] Reproduction consists of zoospores with a cell wall; after they stop swimming, the zoospores retain their shape.[2]

The family Chlorococcaceae is currently under taxonomic revision. As currently circumscribed, the type genus Chlorococcum is polyphyletic.[2] The type species, Chlorococcum infusionum, is a member of the clade Moewusinia.[3]
List of genera

Apodochloris
Athroocystis
Axilococcus
Borodinellopsis
Chlorococcum
Chlorohippotes
Closteridium
Cystococcus
Cystomonas
Emergococcus
Emergosphaera
Eubrownia
Fasciculochloris
Ferricystis
Kentrosphaeropsis
Lautosphaeria
Nautococcus
Neglectellopsis
Neospongiococcum
Octogoniella
Phaseolaria
Pseudodictyococcus
Pseudoplanophila
Pseudospongiococcum
Pseudotrochiscia
Radiosphaera
Skujaster
Spongiochloris
Spongiococcum
†Syndesmorion
Tetracystis
Torgia
Ulotrichella
Valeriella
Valkanoviella

References

Guiry, M.D.; Guiry, G.M. (2023). "Family: Chlorococcaceae taxonomy browser". AlgaeBase version 4.2 World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. Retrieved 2023-05-22.
Temraleeva, A. D.; Moskalenko, S. V.; Bachura, Yu. M. (2017). "Morphology, ecology, and 18S rDNA phylogeny of the green microalgal order Protosiphonales (Chlorophyceae, Chlorophyta)". Microbiology. 86 (2): 159–169. doi:10.1134/S0026261717020205. S2CID 254840566.
Watanabe, Shin; Lewis, Louise A. (2017). "Phylogenetic interpretation of light and electron microscopic features of selected members of the phylogroup Moewusinia (Chlorophyceae), with new generic taxonomy". Phycologia. 56 (3): 329–353. Bibcode:2017Phyco..56..329W. doi:10.2216/16-64.1.