''Phyllosiphon'' is a
genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial nom ...
of
parasitic
Parasitism is a close relationship between species, where one organism, the parasite, lives on or inside another organism, the host, causing it some harm, and is adapted structurally to this way of life. The entomologist E. O. Wilson ha ...
green algae in the class
Trebouxiophyceae
The Trebouxiophyceae are a class of green algae, in the division Chlorophyta. Their circumscription within the green algae is not well established due to the need for more genetic studies at higher levels within the group.
Genera without interve ...
.
[Round, F. E. (1981). ''The Ecology of Algae''. London: Cambridge University Press. pp. 398-400]
References
Further reading
*Aboal M. & Werner, O. (2011). Morphology, fine structure, life cycle and phylogenetic analysis of ''Phyllosiphon arisari'', a siphonous parasitic green alga. European Journal of Phycology 46(3): 181–192.
Trebouxiophyceae genera
Trebouxiophyceae
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