| Chloroparvula | |
|---|---|
| Chloroparvula japonica (A-D) and Chloroparvula pacifica (E-F) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Supergroup: | Archaeplastida |
| Clade: | Viridiplantae |
| Division: | Chlorophyta |
| Class: | Chloropicophyceae |
| Order: | Chloropicales |
| Family: | Chloropicaceae |
| Genus: | Chloroparvula Lopes dos Santos & Eikrem 2017 |
| Type species | |
| Chloroparvula pacifica Lopes dos Santos & Eikrem 2017 | |
| Species | |
Chloroparvula is a genus of green algae in the class Chloropicophyceae.
Members of this genus are distinguished from other species of Chloropicophyceae by having a thick and smooth wall, sometimes with fibrils, and a string-like ornamentation.
The name Chloroparvula references both its green color (chloro-) and its small size (-parvula). There are two species in the genus:
This article incorporates "Chloropicophyceae, a new class of picophytoplanktonic prasinophytes" text from this source, which is by Adriana Lopes dos Santos, Thibaut Pollina, Priscilla Gourvil, Erwan Corre, Dominique Marie, José Luis Garrido, Francisco Rodríguez, Mary-Hélène Noël, Daniel Vaulot and Wenche Eikrem available under the CC BY 4.0 license.