Mamiellales

Mamiellales
Micromonas pusilla
Micromonas pusilla
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Clade: Viridiplantae
Division: Chlorophyta
Class: Mamiellophyceae
Order: Mamiellales
Moestrup 1984
Families
Synonyms
  • Micromonadales

Mamiellales are an order of green algae in the class Mamiellophyceae. Their cells and flagella are covered with spiderweb-like scales of several types. Some species lack scales but possess pigments similar to those of the scale-bearing species.[1][2][3]

  1. ^ "Mamiellales - Overview". eol.org. Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved November 16, 2013.
  2. ^ "NCBI taxonomy resources". National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved March 19, 2007.
  3. ^ "Taxonomy browser (Mamiellales)". ncbi.nlm.nih.gov. The National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved November 16, 2013.