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Handbook of
Botany Zoology Protoctista Cavalier-Smith
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Kingdom: Plantae Animalia Protoctista Plantae
Division/ Chlorophyta
Phylum: Sarcomastigophora Chlorophyta Chlorophyta
Class: Chlorophyceae Phytomastigophorea Chlorophyceae Chlorophyceae
Order: Volvocales Volvocida Volvocales Volvocales
Family: Volvocaceae Chlamydomonadinae Volvocaceae Volvocaceae
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Taxonomy classification of Chlorophyceae.Some botanists place Chlamydomonas in its own family, the Chlamydomonadaceae. The NCBI taxonomy does this.
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