Hyalochlorella | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Clade: | Viridiplantae |
Division: | Chlorophyta |
Class: | Trebouxiophyceae |
Order: | Chlorellales |
Family: | Oocystaceae |
Genus: | Hyalochlorella R.O.Poyton, 1970 |
Species: | H. marina |
Binomial name | |
Hyalochlorella marina R.O.Poyton, 1970 | |
Hyalochlorella marina, the only species in the genus Hyalochlorella and also known as Dermocystidium sp., is a marine heterotrophic eukaryote with uncertain phylogenic position. [1] [2]
Hyalochlorella marina was first classified as a fungus under the name Dermocystidium sp. [3] Based morphology and development, it has been classified as a Chlorophyta related to Chlorella but different from the parasite microalgae Prototheca . [1] It also shows similarities to more recently described Ichthyosporea Sphaeroforma species, in particular Sphaeroforma tapetis (previously known as Pseudoperkinsus tapetis). [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
It is an epiphyte of marine seaweeds but has also been isolated from seawater. Hyalochlorella is found on several shores of east and west coast of the United States, [9] Canada, [10] the United Kingdom, [2] [11] and off the Faroe Islands. [12]