Myrmecia (alga)

{{Short description|Genus of algae}}

{{Automatic taxobox

| taxon = Myrmecia (alga)

| authority = Printz

| image = Myrmecia globosa.jpg

| image_caption = Myrmecia globosa

| synonyms =

• Friedmannia {{au|Chantanachat & Bold}}{{AlgaeBase genus|id=44549|name=Friedmannia|access-date=2024-11-29}}

}}

Myrmecia is a genus of green algae that is associated with lichens.Printz, H. (1921). Subaërial algae from South Africa. Kongelige Norske Videnskabers Selskabs Skrifter 1920(1): 1-41, pls I-XIVFriedl, T. (1995). Inferring taxonomic positions and testing genus level assignments in coccoid green lichen algae: a phylogenetic analysis of 18S ribosomal RNA sequences from Dictyochloropsis reticulata and from members of the genus Myrmecia (Chlorophyta, Trebouxiophyceae cl. nov.). Journal of Phycology 31(4): 632-639Tsarenko, P.M. (2011). Trebouxiophyceae. In: Algae of Ukraine: diversity, nomenclature, taxonomy, ecology and geography. Volume 3: Chlorophyta. (Tsarenko, P.M., Wasser, S.P. & Nevo, E. Eds), pp. 61-108. Ruggell: A.R.A. Gantner Verlag K.-G