Mamiellales | |
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Micromonas pusilla | |
Scientific classification | |
Clade: | Viridiplantae |
Division: | Chlorophyta |
Class: | Mamiellophyceae |
Order: | Mamiellales Moestrup 1984 |
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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]