''Chloroparvula'' is a genus of
green algae
The green algae (: green alga) are a group of chlorophyll-containing autotrophic eukaryotes consisting of the phylum Prasinodermophyta and its unnamed sister group that contains the Chlorophyta and Charophyta/ Streptophyta. The land plants ...
in the class
Chloropicophyceae
Chloropicophyceae is a class of green algae in the division Chlorophyta that, along with Picocystophyceae, coincides with the traditional " prasinophyte clade VII".
Chloropicophyceae has a single order, Chloropicales with a single family, Chlor ...
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Description
Members of this genus are distinguished from other species of
Chloropicophyceae
Chloropicophyceae is a class of green algae in the division Chlorophyta that, along with Picocystophyceae, coincides with the traditional " prasinophyte clade VII".
Chloropicophyceae has a single order, Chloropicales with a single family, Chlor ...
by having a thick and smooth wall, sometimes with fibrils, and a string-like ornamentation.
Taxonomy
The name ''Chloroparvula'' references both its green color (''chloro-'') and its small size (-''parvula'').
There are two species in the genus:
* ''
Chloroparvula pacifica''
Lopes dos Santos & Eikrem 2017 (type species)
* ''
Chloroparvula japonica''
Lopes dos Santos & Eikrem 2017
References
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Chlorophyta
Green algae genera