| Platydorina | |
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| Stained coenobia | |
Scientific classification 
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| Clade: | Viridiplantae |
| Division: | Chlorophyta |
| Class: | Chlorophyceae |
| Order: | Chlamydomonadales |
| Family: | Volvocaceae |
| Genus: | Platydorina Kofoid |
| Species: | P. caudata
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| Binomial name | |
| Platydorina caudata Kofoid
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Platydorina is a genus of microscopic green algae in the family Volvocaceae.[1] It contains only one species, Platydorina caudata.[2] It was described by Charles Atwood Kofoid in 1899.[3]
- ^ See the NCBI webpage on Platydorina. Data extracted from the "NCBI taxonomy resources". National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved 2007-03-19.
- ^ Guiry, M.D.; Guiry, G.M. "Platydorina". AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. Retrieved 2023-04-29.
- ^ Kofoid, C.A. (1899). "Plankton studies. III. On Platydorina, a new genus of the family Volvocidae, from the plankton of the Illinois River". Bulletin of the Illinois State Laboratory of Natural History. 5 (9): 419–440, pi. 38. doi:10.21900/j.inhs.v5.420.