| Chlororustica | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Supergroup: | Archaeplastida |
| Clade: | Viridiplantae |
| Division: | Chlorophyta |
| Class: | Chlorophyceae |
| Order: | Sphaeropleales |
| Family: | Radiococcaceae |
| Genus: | Chlororustica |
| Species: | C. terrestris |
| Binomial name | |
| Chlororustica terrestris (Herndon) Shin Watanabe, N.Mezaki & Tatsuya Suzuki | |
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Chlororustica is a genus of green algae, in the family Chlorococcaceae. Its sole species is Chlororustica terrestris, synonym Ettlia terrestris, a fresh-water alga which grows on rocks or in soil, and has been identified in the Arctic, Tajikistan, Europe and Jamaica.