| Mychonastes | |
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| Mychonastes hindakii | |
Scientific classification 
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| Clade: | Viridiplantae |
| Division: | Chlorophyta |
| Class: | Chlorophyceae |
| Order: | Sphaeropleales |
| Family: | Mychonastaceae |
| Genus: | Mychonastes P.D.Simpson & S.D.Van Valkenburg, 1978[1] |
| Type species | |
| Mychonastes ruminatus P.D.Simpson & S.D.Van Valkenburg, 1978
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Mychonastes is a genus of green algae, specifically of the Chlorophyceae.[1] It is the sole genus of the family Mychonastaceae.[3]
Species of Mychonastes are found in plankton of freshwater or brackish waters, or found in soil.[1] It is a very common genus,[2] and is often dominant.[4]
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- ^ Liu, Changqing; Shi, Xiaoli; Wu, Fan; Ren, Mingdong; Gao, Guang; Wu, Qinglong (2020). "Genome analyses provide insights into the evolution and adaptation of the eukaryotic Picophytoplankton Mychonastes homosphaera". BMC Genomics. 21. doi:10.1186/s12864-020-06891-6. PMC 7354681.