Octogoniella is a genus of green algae, in the family Chlorococcaceae. It contains a single species, Octogoniella sphagnicola, found as an epiphyte on Sphagnum leaves.[1] It is a rarely recorded taxon.[2]
| Octogoniella | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Clade: | Viridiplantae |
| Division: | Chlorophyta |
| Class: | Chlorophyceae |
| Order: | Chlamydomonadales |
| Family: | Chlorococcaceae |
| Genus: | Octogoniella Pascher, 1930 |
| Species: | O. sphagnicola
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| Binomial name | |
| Octogoniella sphagnicola Pascher[1]
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References
edit- ^ a b Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. (2007). "Genus: Octogoniella taxonomy browser". AlgaeBase version 4.2 World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. Retrieved 2007-09-25.
- ^ Shubert, Elliot; Gärtner, Georg (2014). "Chapter 7. Nonmotile Coccoid and Colonial Green Algae". In Wehr, John D.; Sheath, Robert G.; Kociolek, J. Patrick (eds.). Freshwater Algae of North America: Ecology and Classification (2 ed.). Elsevier Inc. ISBN 978-0-12-385876-4.
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