Pseudospongiococcum
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''Pseudospongiococcum'' is a
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 ...
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 family
Chlorococcaceae Chlorococcaceae is a family of green algae, in the order Chlamydomonadales. They are mostly soil-dwelling algae. Many members of this group produce lipids and secondary carotenoids. The Chlorococcaceae consists mostly of coccoid (single, nonmoti ...
, with the sole species ''Pseudospongiococcum protococcoides''. It has been recorded only once, in soils in
Crimea Crimea ( ) is a peninsula in Eastern Europe, on the northern coast of the Black Sea, almost entirely surrounded by the Black Sea and the smaller Sea of Azov. The Isthmus of Perekop connects the peninsula to Kherson Oblast in mainland Ukrain ...
.


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AlgaTerra database

Index Nominum Genericorum
Chlorococcaceae Chlorococcaceae genera Monotypic algae genera {{Chlorophyceae-stub