Heterococcus

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]

Heterococcus
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
Species[1]
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Pirula is regarded as a synonym.^[3]

Species

• Heterococcus africanus
• Heterococcus akinetus
• Heterococcus anguinus
• Heterococcus arcticus
• Heterococcus botrys
• Heterococcus brevicellularis
• Heterococcus caespitosus
• Heterococcus canadensis
• Heterococcus capitatus
• Heterococcus chodatii
• Heterococcus clavatus
• Heterococcus conicus
• Heterococcus corniculatus
• Heterococcus crassulus
• Heterococcus curvatus
• Heterococcus curvirostrus
• Heterococcus dissociatus
• Heterococcus endolithicus
• Heterococcus erectus
• Heterococcus filiformis
• Heterococcus flavescens
• Heterococcus fontanus
• Heterococcus fuornensis
• Heterococcus furcatus
• Heterococcus gemmatus
• Heterococcus geniculatus
• Heterococcus granulatus
• Heterococcus implexus
• Heterococcus leptosiroides
• Heterococcus longicellularis
• Heterococcus mainxii
• Heterococcus marietanii
• Heterococcus mastigophorus
• Heterococcus maximus
• Heterococcus moniliformis
• Heterococcus nepalensis
• Heterococcus papillosus
• Heterococcus plectenchymaticus
• Heterococcus pleurococcoides
• Heterococcus polymorphus
• Heterococcus presolanensis
• Heterococcus protonematoides
• Heterococcus quadratus
• Heterococcus ramosissimus
• Heterococcus stellatus
• Heterococcus stigeoclonioides
• Heterococcus subterrestris
• Heterococcus tectiformis
• Heterococcus teleutosporoides
• Heterococcus tellii
• Heterococcus thermalis
• Heterococcus tiroliensis
• Heterococcus undulatus
• Heterococcus unguis
• Heterococcus vesiculosus
• Heterococcus virginis
• Heterococcus viridis
• Heterococcus zonatus