Dolichomastix (alga)

Dolichomastix
Dolichomastix tenuilepis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Chlorophyta
Class: Mamiellophyceae
Order: Dolichomastigales
Family: Dolichomastigaceae
Genus: Dolichomastix
Manton 1977
Species
  • D. eurylepidea Manton 1977
  • D. lepidota Manton 1977
  • D. nummulifera Manton 1977
  • D. tenuilepis Throndsen & Zingone 1997

Dolichomastix is a genus of green algae in the class Mamiellophyceae.[1] It is a biflagellate unicellular alga. The cell body is covered with non-mineralized scales [2].

Taxonomy.

Dolichomastix is included in the order Dolichomastigales, this in the class Mamiellophyceae, infrakingdom Chlorophyta, which is included in the subkingdom Viridiplantae (plants and algae related to plants, with chlorophytes being an infrakingdom related to streptophytes, the group in which plants as such are included).

References

  1. ^ See the NCBI webpage on Dolichomastix. Data extracted from the "NCBI taxonomy resources". National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved 2007-03-19.
  2. ^ "Dolichomastix Manton, 1977 :: AlgaeBase". www.algaebase.org. Archived from the original on 2024-12-10. Retrieved 2026-03-12.
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