Prasinoderma is a genus of green algae in the phylum Prasinodermophyta.[1] Both species in the genus are unicellular, but P. coloniale forms loose sticky colonies.[2]
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| P. coloniale under light microscopy | |
Scientific classification 
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| Clade: | Viridiplantae |
| Phylum: | Prasinodermophyta |
| Class: | Prasinodermophyceae B. Marin & Melkonian in Li et al., 2020 |
| Order: | Prasinodermatales B. Marin & Melkonian in Li et al., 2020 |
| Family: | Prasinodermataceae B. Marin & Melkonian in Li et al., 2020[1] |
| Genus: | Prasinoderma Hasegawa & Chihara 1996 |
| Type species | |
| Prasinoderma coloniale Hasegawa & Chihara 1996
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| Species | |
| Diversity | |
| 2 species | |
Classification
editThe genus contains two species:
- Prasinoderma coloniale Hasegawa & Chihara 1996[3]
- Prasinoderma singularis Jouenne 2011[2]
References
edit- ^ a b Linzhou Li; Sibo Wang; Hongli Wang; Sunil Kumar Sahu; Birger Marin; Haoyuan Li; Yan Xu; Hongping Liang; Zhen Li; Shifeng Chen; Tanja Reder; Zehra Çebi; Sebastian Wittek; Morten Petersen; Barbara Melkonian; Hongli Du; Huanming Yang; Jian Wang; Gane Ka-Shu Wong; Xun Xu; Xin Liu; Yves Van de Peer; Michael Melkonian; Huan Liu (22 June 2020). "The genome of Prasinoderma coloniale unveils the existence of a third phylum within green plants". Nature Ecology & Evolution. 4 (9): 1220–1231. doi:10.1038/s41559-020-1221-7. hdl:1854/LU-8667102.
- ^ a b Jouenne, Fabien; Eikrem, Wenche; Le Gall, Florence; Marie, Dominique; Johnsend, Geir; Vaulot, Daniel (January 2011). "Prasinoderma singularis sp. nov. (Prasinophyceae, Chlorophyta), a Solitary Coccoid Prasinophyte from the South-East Pacific Ocean" (PDF). Protist. 162 (1): 70–84. doi:10.1016/j.protis.2010.04.005.
- ^ Hasegawa T, Miyashita H, Kawachi M, Ikemoto H, Kurano N, Miyachi S, Chihara M (1996). "Prasinoderma coloniale gen. et sp. nov., a new pelagic coccoid prasinophyte from the western Pacific Ocean". Phycologia. 35 (2): 170–176. doi:10.2216/i0031-8884-35-2-170.1.
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