''Phyllosiphon'' is a
genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus com ...
of
parasitic green algae
The green algae (singular: green alga) are a group consisting of the Prasinodermophyta and its unnamed sister which contains the Chlorophyta and Charophyta/Streptophyta. The land plants (Embryophytes) have emerged deep in the Charophyte alga as ...
in the class
Trebouxiophyceae.
[Round, F. E. (1981). ''The Ecology of Algae''. London: Cambridge University Press. pp. 398-400]
References
Further reading
*Aboal M. & Werner, O. (2011). Morphology, fine structure, life cycle and phylogenetic analysis of ''Phyllosiphon arisari'', a siphonous parasitic green alga. European Journal of Phycology 46(3): 181–192.
Trebouxiophyceae genera
Trebouxiophyceae
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