Phylogeny and ultrastructure of Nephroselmis and Pseudoscourfieldia (Chlorophyta), including the description of Nephroselmis anterostigmatica sp. nov. and a proposal for the Nephroselmidales ord. nov.

Phycologia

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 680-697

  Nakayama, Takeshi ^a   Suda, Shoichiro ^b,d   Kawachi, Masanobu ^c   Inouye, Isao ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^b MARINE BIOTECHNOLOGY INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^c INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS   (Japan)

Author keywords

18s rDNA; Hair scales; Nephroselmidales ordo nov.; Nephroselmis anterostigmatica sp. nov.; Phylogeny; Prasinophyceae; Pseudoscourfieldia marina; Taxonomy; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPHYTA; NEPHROSELMIS; NEPHROSELMIS ASTIGMATICA; NEPHROSELMIS PYRIFORMIS; PRASINOPHYCEAE; PSEUDOSCOURFIELDIA; PSEUDOSCOURFIELDIA MARINA;

EID: 36148986480     PISSN: 00318884     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2216/04-25.1     Document Type: Article

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