''Trichosarcina'' 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 order
Ulotrichales
Ulotrichales is an order of green algae in the class Ulvophyceae.See the NCBIbr>webpage on Ulotrichales Data extracted from the
Genera unplaced to family (''incertae sedis''):
*'' Trichosarcina''
Families
* '' Binucleariaceae''
* '' Collin ...
.
''
Filoprotococcus'' was once regarded as a synonym.
However, ''Filoprotococcus'' is now considered valid in its own right.
''Trichosarcina'' is considered to be of uncertain validity.
,
AlgaeBase
AlgaeBase is a global species database of information on all groups of algae, both seaweed, marine and freshwater algae, freshwater, as well as sea-grass.
History
AlgaeBase began in March 1996, founded by Michael D. Guiry, Michael Guiry. Text ...
accepted only one species, ''Trichosarcina polymorpha''.
Its
life cycle includes a
uniseriate, ''
Hormidium''-like phase; a pluriseriate stage, and, finally, a chain of sarcinoid packets which may dissociate. The cells are