''Oltmannsiellopsis'' is a
genus
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of marine
colonial flagellate
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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
Oltmannsiellopsidaceae
Oltmannsiellopsidaceae is a family of green algae in the order Oltmannsiellopsidales
Oltmannsiellopsidales is an order of green algae in the class Ulvophyceae.See the NCBI
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family of
Chlorophyta. It was named in reference to the similar genus ''
Oltmannsiella''.
It has three species, ''
O. viridis'', which forms four-celled colonies, ''
O. unicellularis'', which is single celled, and ''
O. geminata'', which forms two-celled colonies.
In
Japanese it is called (').
[Japan Oceanographic Data Center (2002) JODC taxonomic code of marine organisms (plankton). 2001 edition. In: Marine Organisms Data, accessed through http://www.godac.jamstec.go.jp/bismal/j/JODC_J-DOSS/view/9025306 .]
References
External links
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Oltmannsiellopsis at AlgaTerra
Ulvophyceae genera
Oltmannsiellopsidales
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