Filoprotococcus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
(unranked): Viridiplantae
Division: Chlorophyta
Class: Ulvophyceae
Order: Ulotrichales
Family: Sarcinofilaceae
Genus: Filoprotococcus
Kufferath, 1914
Type species
Filoprotococcus enteromorphoides
Species[1]
  • Filoprotococcus enteromorphoides
  • Filoprotococcus polymorphus

Filoprotococcus is a genus of green algae in the order Ulotrichales.[1] It was once regarded as a synonym of Trichosarcina.[2] However, it is now accepted as a genus in its own right, and Trichosarcina is considered taxonomically uncertain.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. (2007). "Genus: Filoprotococcus taxonomy browser". AlgaeBase version 4.2 World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. Retrieved 2018-04-10.
  2. ↑ Cole, Kathleen M.; Sheath, Robert G., eds. (1990). Biology of the Red Algae. Cambridge University Press. pp. 396–399. ISBN 978-0-521-34301-5.
  3. ↑ Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. (2007). "Genus: Trichosarcina taxonomy browser". AlgaeBase version 4.2 World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. Retrieved 2018-04-10.


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