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Genus of algae From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Actinastrum is a genus of mostly freshwater single-celled Eukaryotes, first described by Gustaf Lagerheim in 1882.[1]
Actinastrum | |
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Actinastrum hantzschii | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
(unranked): | Viridiplantae |
Division: | Chlorophyta |
Class: | Trebouxiophyceae |
Order: | Chlorellales |
Family: | Chlorellaceae |
Genus: | Actinastrum Lagerheim, 1882 |
Type species | |
Actinastrum hantzschii Lagerheim | |
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Studies since 2002 have placed Actinastrum as either sister to or a subgrouping within Chlorella, a Charophyte green alga genus in the family Chlorellaceae.[2][3]
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