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Heterococcus
Genus of algae / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Heterococcus is a genus of yellow-green algae (xanthophytes) in the family Heteropediaceae.[1] It is the only xanthophyte genus known to form lichens.[2]
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Heterococcus | |
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Drawings of Heterococcus marietanii | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Clade: | Diaphoretickes |
Clade: | SAR |
Clade: | Stramenopiles |
Phylum: | Gyrista |
Subphylum: | Ochrophytina |
Class: | Xanthophyceae |
Order: | Tribonematales |
Family: | Heteropediaceae |
Genus: | Heterococcus Chodat, 1908 |
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