Nephrocytium

Nephrocytium agardhianum

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Sphaeropleales
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Diaphoretickes Cladus: CAM Cladus: Archaeplastida Regnum: Plantae Divisio: Chlorophyta Subphylum: Chlorophytina Classis: Chlorophyceae Ordo: Sphaeropleales

Familia: Nephrocytiaceae
Genus: Nephrocytium
Species: N. agardhianum – N. allantoideum – N. hydrophilum – N. limneticum – N. lunatum – N. perseverans – N. rehmanii – N. spirale – N. varium – N. vieirae

Name

Nephrocytium Nägeli, 1849: 79

• Type species: Nephrocytium agardhianum Nägeli

Synonyms

• Hydrocystis W.B.Turner, 1892
  • Type species: Hydrocystis hydrophila W.B.Turner
• Selenococcus Schmidle & O.Zacharias, 1903
  • Type species: Selenococcus farcinalis Schmidle & O.Zacharias

References

Primary references

• Nägeli, C. 1849. Gattungen einzelliger Algen, physiologisch und systematisch bearbeitet. Neue Denkschriften der Allgemeinen Schweizerischen Gesellschaft für die gesammten Naturwissenschaften 10(7): i–viii, 1–139, pls I–VIII. BHL Reference page. 

Links

• Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 2026. Nephrocytium. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. Accessed 2026-04-12.

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