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Prasiola

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Prasiola
Prasiola japonica
Scientific classification Edit this classification
(unranked): Viridiplantae
Division: Chlorophyta
Class: Trebouxiophyceae
Order: Prasiolales
Family: Prasiolaceae
Genus: Prasiola
(C.Agardh) Meneghini[1]
Species

Prasiola is a genus of fresh water and marine green algae. Each individual plant is small but they usually grow side by side to form a green turf on rock surfaces. There are about 25 species in the genus.[2]

References

  1. ^ "Algaebase entry".
  2. ^ Bunker, F.StP. D., Brodie, J.A., Maggs, C.A. and Bunker, A,.R. 2017 Seaweeds of Britain and Ireland. Second Edition. Wild Nature Press, Plymouth, UK. ISBN 978-0-9955673-3-7

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