| Pseudoscourfieldiaceae | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Division: | Chlorophyta |
| Class: | Pseudoscourfieldiophyceae |
| Order: | Pseudoscourfieldiales |
| Family: | Pseudoscourfieldiaceae Crépeault et al. 2024 |
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Pseudoscourfieldiaceae, formerly Pycnococcaceae is a family of green algae in the order Pseudoscourfieldiales.1 The defining features of this family include the single invagination of the pyrenoid where the mitochondrial membrane fits into it2 and the "decapore" - a ring of 10 pores through the thick cell wall.3
The family was renamed to Pseudoscourfieldiaceae in 2024 by Crépeault et al., who also determined via ptDNA and mtDNA analyses, that Pycnococcus provasolii is a junior synonym of Pseudoscourfieldia marina.4
References
References
- Guiry, M.D.; Guiry, G.M. "Pycnococcaceae". AlgaeBase. University of Galway.
- Guillard; et al. (1991). "Pycnococcus provasolii, a coccoid prasinoxanthin containing phytoplankter from the Western North Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico". Journal of Phycology. 27: 39–47.
- Sieburth; et al. (1999). "Widespread occurrence of the oceanic ultraplankter Prasinococcus capsulatus (Prasinophyceae), the diagnostic "Golgi-Decapore complex" and the newly discovered polysaccharide "capsulan"". J. Phycol. 35 (5): 1032–1043. doi:10.1046/j.1529-8817.1999.3551032.x.
- Crépeault O, Otis C, Pombert JF, Turmel M, Lemieux C (2024-07-11). "Comparative plastome and mitogenome analyses indicate that the marine prasinophyte green algae Pycnococcus provasolii and Pseudoscourfieldia marina (Pseudoscourfieldiophyceae class nov., Chlorophyta) represent morphotypes of the same species". J Phycol. 60 (4): 1021–1027. doi:10.1111/jpy.13482. PMID 38989846.