Mamiellales

Mamiellales
Micromonas pusilla
Scientific classification
Clade: Viridiplantae
Division: Chlorophyta
Class: Mamiellophyceae
Order: Mamiellales
Moestrup 1984
Families
  • Bathycoccaceae Marin & Melkonian 2010
  • Mamiellaceae Moestrup 1984
Synonyms
  • Micromonadales

Mamiellales are an order of green algae in the class Mamiellophyceae. Their cells and flagella are covered with spiderweb-like scales of several types. Some species lack scales but possess pigments similar to those of the scale-bearing species.

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