Myrmecia (alga)
| Myrmecia | |
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| Myrmecia globosa | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Division: | Chlorophyta |
| Class: | Trebouxiophyceae |
| Order: | Trebouxiales |
| Family: | Trebouxiaceae |
| Genus: | Printz |
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Myrmecia is a genus of green algae that is associated with lichens.[2][3][4]
Species
The genus has nine recognised species:[5]
- Myrmecia aquatica G.M.Smith
- Myrmecia astigmatica Vinatzer
- Myrmecia biatorellae J.B.Petersen
- Myrmecia bisecta Reisigl
- Myrmecia globosa Printz
- Myrmecia irregularis (J.B.Petersen) Ettl & Gärtner
- Myrmecia israelensis (S.Chantanachat & H.Bold) T.Friedl
- Myrmecia macronucleata (Deason) V.M.Andreeva
- Myrmecia pyriformis J.B.Petersen
References
- ^ Guiry, M.D.; Guiry, G.M. "Friedmannia". AlgaeBase. University of Galway. Retrieved 2024-11-29.
- ^ Printz, H. (1921). Subaërial algae from South Africa. Kongelige Norske Videnskabers Selskabs Skrifter 1920(1): 1-41, pls I-XIV
- ^ Friedl, T. (1995). Inferring taxonomic positions and testing genus level assignments in coccoid green lichen algae: a phylogenetic analysis of 18S ribosomal RNA sequences from Dictyochloropsis reticulata and from members of the genus Myrmecia (Chlorophyta, Trebouxiophyceae cl. nov.). Journal of Phycology 31(4): 632-639
- ^ Tsarenko, P.M. (2011). Trebouxiophyceae. In: Algae of Ukraine: diversity, nomenclature, taxonomy, ecology and geography. Volume 3: Chlorophyta. (Tsarenko, P.M., Wasser, S.P. & Nevo, E. Eds), pp. 61-108. Ruggell: A.R.A. Gantner Verlag K.-G
- ^ Guiry, M.D.; Guiry, G.M. (eds.). "Myrmecia Printz, 1920". AlgaeBase. National University of Ireland, Galway. Retrieved 18 December 2023.