Isochrysis

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Isochrysis
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Isochrysis galbana
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Domain: Eukaryota
Clade: Haptista
Division: Haptophyta
Class: Prymnesiophyceae
Order: Isochrysidales
Family: Isochrysidaceae
Genus: Isochrysis
Parke, 1949

Isochrysis is a genus of haptophytes. [1] [2] Until recently this genus was also thought to contain the 'T-iso' algae frequently used in aquaculture; that species has been reclassified as Tisochrysis lutea . [3]

Species

There are six species: [1]

References

  1. 1 2 Guiry, M.D.; Guiry, G.M. "Isochrysis". AlgaeBase . University of Galway . Retrieved 26 March 2024.
  2. ↑ Guiry MD, Guiry GM, eds. (2024). "Isochrysis Parke, 1949". AlgaeBase. National University of Ireland, Galway . World Register of Marine Species . Retrieved 26 March 2024.
  3. ↑ Bendif, El Mahdi; Probert, Ian; Schroeder, Declan C.; de Vargas, Colomban (December 2013). "On the description of Tisochrysis lutea gen. nov. sp. nov. and Isochrysis nuda sp. nov. in the Isochrysidales, and the transfer of Dicrateria to the Prymnesiales (Haptophyta)" . Journal of Applied Phycology. 25 (6): 1763–1776. doi:10.1007/s10811-013-0037-0.
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