Characiopsis elegans

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Characiopsis elegans
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Domain: Eukaryota
Clade: Diaphoretickes
Clade: SAR
Clade: Stramenopiles
Phylum: Gyrista
Subphylum: Ochrophytina
Class: Xanthophyceae
Order: Mischococcales
Family: Characiopsidaceae
Genus: Characiopsis
Species:
C. elegans
Binomial name
Characiopsis elegans
Ettl 1956 [1]

Characiopsis elegans is a species of freshwater yellow-green algae in the family Characiopsidaceae. It is described from Arkansas, North America [2] and Brazil, South America. [3] [4]

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