Pinguiococcus
| Pinguiococcus | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Clade: | Sar |
| Clade: | Stramenopiles |
| Phylum: | Ochrophyta |
| Class: | Pinguiophyceae |
| Order: | Pinguiochrysidales |
| Family: | Pinguiochrysidaceae |
| Genus: | R.A.Andersen, D.Potter, D.& J.C.Bailey |
| Species: | P. pyrenoidosus
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| Binomial name | |
| Pinguiococcus pyrenoidosus R.A.Andersen, D.Potter, D.& J.C.Bailey
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Pinguiococcus is a genus within Ochrophytina, a group of algae that also includes brown algae (seaweeds) and diatoms. The genus includes a single species, Pinguiococcus pyrenoidosus, which was first described in 2002.[1][2]
References
- ^ Guiry, M.D.; Guiry, G.M. "Pinguiococcus". AlgaeBase. University of Galway.
- ^ Andersen, Robert A.; Potter, Daniel; Craig Bailey, J. (2002-03-01). "Pinguiococcus pyrenoidosus gen. et sp. nov. (Pinguiophyceae), a new marine coccoid alga". Phycological Research. 50 (1): 57–65. doi:10.1046/j.1440-1835.2002.00257.x. ISSN 1322-0829.