Picocystis

Picocystis is a monotypic genus of green algae, the sole species is Picocystis salinarum. It is placed within its own class, Picocystophyceae in the division Chlorophyta.

Picocystis
Picocystis salinarum
Scientific classification
(unranked): Viridiplantae
Division: Chlorophyta
Class: Picocystophyceae
Eikrem & Lopes dos Santos
Order: Picocystales
Eikrem & Lopes dos Santos
Family: Picocystaceae
Eikrem & Lopes dos Santos
Genus: Picocystis
R.A.Lewin 2001 emend. Eikrem & Lopes dos Santos 2017
Species:
P. salinarum
Binomial name
Picocystis salinarum
R.A.Lewin 2001
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