Emergosphaera | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Clade: | Viridiplantae |
Division: | Chlorophyta |
Class: | Chlorophyceae |
Order: | Chlamydomonadales |
Family: | Chlorococcaceae |
Genus: | Emergosphaera W.W.Miller, 1921 |
Species: | E. superficialis |
Binomial name | |
Emergosphaera superficialis W.W.Miller [1] | |
Emergosphaera is a genus of green algae, in the family Chlorococcaceae. It contains a single species, Emergosphaera superficialis, recorded only once from Kursk, Russia. The vegetative cells of Emergosphaera are neustonic in freshwater and the zoospores are planktonic. [1]