| Actinastrum | |
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| Actinastrum hantzschii | |
Scientific classification 
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| Clade: | Viridiplantae |
| Division: | Chlorophyta |
| Class: | Trebouxiophyceae |
| Order: | Chlorellales |
| Family: | Chlorellaceae |
| Genus: | Actinastrum Lagerheim, 1882 |
| Type species | |
| Actinastrum hantzschii Lagerheim
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| Species | |
Actinastrum is a genus of mostly freshwater single-celled Eukaryotes, first described by Gustaf Lagerheim in 1882.[1]
Studies since 2002 have placed Actinastrum as either sister to or a subgrouping within Chlorella, a chlorophyte green alga genus in the family Chlorellaceae.[2][3]
- ^ Gustaf Lagerheim (February 1882). "Bidrag till kännedomen om Stockholmstraktens Pediastréer, Protococcacéer och Palmellacéer". Öfversigt af Kongl. Vetenskaps-Akademiens Förhandlingar. 39 (2): 47–81.
- ^ Wolf M, Kreinitz L, Hepperle D (April 2002). "Phylogenetic position of Actinastrum hantzschii LAGERHEIM 1 882 (Chlorophyta, Trebouxiophyceae)". Algological Studies. 104: 59–67. doi:10.1127/algol_stud/104/2002/59.
- ^ Luo W, Proeschold T, Bock C, Krienitz L (April 2010). "Generic concept in Chlorella‐related coccoid green algae (Chlorophyta, Trebouxiophyceae)". Plant Biology. 12 (3): 545–553. doi:10.1111/j.1438-8677.2009.00221.x. PMID 20522192.