Spongiochrysis
| Spongiochrysis | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Division: | Chlorophyta |
| Class: | Ulvophyceae |
| Order: | Cladophorales |
| Family: | Cladophoraceae |
| Genus: | Spongiochrysis Rindi, J.López-Bautista, A.R.Sherwood & Guiry |
| Species: | S. hawaiiensis
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| Binomial name | |
| Spongiochrysis hawaiiensis Rindi, J.López-Bautista, A.R.Sherwood & Guiry
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Spongiochrysis is a genus of green algae in the family Cladophorales.[1] It contains a single species, Spongiochrysis hawaiiensis.
Spongiochrysis hawaiiensis is a terrestrial alga that forms golden-yellow crusts on Casuarina bark.[2]
References
- ^ See the NCBI webpage on Spongiochrysis. Data extracted from the "NCBI taxonomy resources". National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved 2007-03-19.
- ^ Rindi, Fabio; López-Bautista, Juan M.; Sherwood, Alison R.; Guiry, Michael D. (2006). "Morphology and phylogenetic position of Spongiochrysis hawaiiensis gen. et sp. nov., the first known terrestrial member of the order Cladophorales (Ulvophyceae, Chlorophyta)". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 56 (4): 913–922. doi:10.1099/ijs.0.63977-0.