Chloroparvula
{{Short description|Genus of green algae}}
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| image_caption = Chloroparvula japonica (A-D) and Chloroparvula pacifica (E-F)
| taxon = Chloroparvula
| authority = Lopes dos Santos & Eikrem 2017
| subdivision_ranks = Species
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| type_species = Chloroparvula pacifica
| type_species_authority = Lopes dos Santos & Eikrem 2017
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Chloroparvula is a genus of green algae in the class Chloropicophyceae.
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Description
Members of this genus are distinguished from other species of Chloropicophyceae by having a thick and smooth wall, sometimes with fibrils, and a string-like ornamentation.
Taxonomy
The name Chloroparvula references both its green color (chloro-) and its small size (-parvula).
There are two species in the genus:
- Chloroparvula pacifica Lopes dos Santos & Eikrem 2017 (type species)
- Chloroparvula japonica Lopes dos Santos & Eikrem 2017
References
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