Prasinoderma

Prasinoderma
P. coloniale under light microscopy
Scientific classification
Clade:	Viridiplantae
Division:	Prasinodermophyta
Class:	Prasinodermophyceae B. Marin & Melkonian in Li et al., 2020
Order:	Prasinodermatales B. Marin & Melkonian in Li et al., 2020
Family:	Prasinodermataceae B. Marin & Melkonian in Li et al., 2020 [1]
Genus:	Prasinoderma Hasegawa & Chihara 1996
Type species
Prasinoderma coloniale Hasegawa & Chihara 1996
Species
P. coloniale P. singularis
Diversity
2 species

Prasinoderma is a genus of green algae in the phylum Prasinodermophyta. ^[1] Both species in the genus are unicellular, but P. coloniale forms loose sticky colonies. ^[2]

Classification

The genus contains two species:

• Prasinoderma coloniale Hasegawa & Chihara 1996 ^[3]
• Prasinoderma singularis Jouenne 2011 ^[2]

References

1. Linzhou Li; Sibo Wang; Hongli Wang; Sunil Kumar Sahu; Birger Marin; Haoyuan Li; Yan Xu; Hongping Liang; Zhen Li; Shifeng Chen; Tanja Reder; Zehra Çebi; Sebastian Wittek; Morten Petersen; Barbara Melkonian; Hongli Du; Huanming Yang; Jian Wang; Gane Ka-Shu Wong; Xun Xu; Xin Liu; Yves Van de Peer; Michael Melkonian; Huan Liu (22 June 2020). "The genome of Prasinoderma coloniale unveils the existence of a third phylum within green plants". Nature Ecology & Evolution. 4 (9): 1220–1231. doi: 10.1038/s41559-020-1221-7 . hdl: 1854/LU-8667102 . PMC   7455551 .
2. Jouenne, Fabien; Eikrem, Wenche; Le Gall, Florence; Marie, Dominique; Johnsend, Geir; Vaulot, Daniel (January 2011). "Prasinoderma singularis sp. nov. (Prasinophyceae, Chlorophyta), a Solitary Coccoid Prasinophyte from the South-East Pacific Ocean" (PDF). Protist. 162 (1): 70–84. doi:10.1016/j.protis.2010.04.005.
3. Hasegawa T, Miyashita H, Kawachi M, Ikemoto H, Kurano N, Miyachi S, Chihara M (1996). "Prasinoderma coloniale gen. et sp. nov., a new pelagic coccoid prasinophyte from the western Pacific Ocean". Phycologia. 35 (2): 170–176. doi:10.2216/i0031-8884-35-2-170.1.