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Myrmecia (alga)

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Myrmecia
Myrmecia globosa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
(unranked): Viridiplantae
Division: Chlorophyta
Class: Trebouxiophyceae
Order: Trebouxiales
Family: Trebouxiaceae
Genus: Myrmecia
Printz

Myrmecia is a genus of green algae that is associated with lichens.[1][2][3]

Species

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The genus has nine recognised species:[4]

References

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  1. ^ Printz, H. (1921). Subaërial algae from South Africa. Kongelige Norske Videnskabers Selskabs Skrifter 1920(1): 1-41, pls I-XIV
  2. ^ 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
  3. ^ 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
  4. ^ Guiry, M.D.; Guiry, G.M. (eds.). "Myrmecia Printz, 1920". AlgaeBase. National University of Ireland, Galway. Retrieved 18 December 2023.