''Pseudochlorella signiensis'' is a

species A species () is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate sexes or mating types can produce fertile offspring, typically by sexual reproduction. It is the basic unit of Taxonomy (biology), ...

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 family

Koliellaceae Koliellaceae is a family of green algae in the order Prasiolales. Koliellaceae was circumscribed by František Hindák in 1996 to include various green algae that reproduce mainly by simple cell division. Cells are solitary or found in small col ...

. ''Pabia signiensis'', the only species in the

genus Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...

''Pabia'', is regarded as a

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. ''Pabia'' was sunk into ''Pseudochlorella'' in 2016.

References

Prasiolales Chlorophyta species {{green algae-stub