''Pinguiococcus'' is a genus of
heterokont
Heterokonts are a group of protists (formally referred to as Heterokonta, Heterokontae or Heterokontophyta). The group is a major line of eukaryotes. Most are algae, ranging from the giant multicellular kelp to the unicellular diatoms, which ...
s.
It includes a single species, ''Pinguiococcus pyrenoidosus''.
[http://chloroplast.ocean.washington.edu/organisms/pinguiococcus]
References
Ochrophyta
Monotypic algae genera
Heterokont genera
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