''Filoprotococcus'' is a
genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus com ...
of
green algae
The green algae (singular: green alga) are a group consisting of the Prasinodermophyta and its unnamed sister which contains the Chlorophyta and Charophyta/Streptophyta. The land plants (Embryophytes) have emerged deep in the Charophyte alga as ...
in the order
Ulotrichales
Ulotrichales is an order of green algae in the class Ulvophyceae.See the NCBIbr>webpage on Ulotrichales Data extracted from the
Genera unplaced to family (''incertae sedis''):
*'' Trichosarcina''
Families
* '' Binucleariaceae''
* '' Collins ...
.
It was once regarded as a synonym of ''
Trichosarcina
''Trichosarcina'' is a genus of green algae in the order Ulotrichales. '' Filoprotococcus'' was once regarded as a synonym. However, ''Filoprotococcus'' is now considered valid in its own right. ''Trichosarcina'' is considered to be of uncertain ...
''.
However, it is now accepted as a genus in its own right, and ''Trichosarcina'' is considered taxonomically uncertain.
References
Ulvophyceae genera
Ulotrichales
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