Coccomyxaceae
Coccomyxaceae is a family of algae, in the class Trebouxiophyceae.
Members of the family Coccomyxaceae are microscopic algae found often in colonies surrounded by mucilage. Sexual reproduction has not been observed in this family. Cells multiply by simple vegetative division, sometimes by forming autospores, but not zoospores. The genus Paradoxia produces zoospores; its placement in Coccomyxaceae is apparently due to a strain labeled as Paradoxia multiseta in the UTEX-Austin culture collection which was found to have a close phylogenetic relationship to Coccomyxa. However, the morphology of the strain (having spherical cells) does not appear to match that of Paradoxia, making the identity suspect.
5 branches of this family, most-observed first
Choricystis
genusChoricystis
Dispora
genusDispora
Paradoxia
genusParadoxia
Palmogloea
genusPalmogloea
Ourococcus
genusOurococcus
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 354994.