Handbook of
Botany Zoology Protoctista
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Kingdom: Plantae Animalia Protoctista
Division/ Chlorophyta
Phylum: Sarcomastigophora Chlorophyta
Class: Chlorophyceae Phytomastigophorea Prasinophyceae
Order: Volvocales Prasinomonadida Chlorodendrales
Family: Chlamydomonadaceae (not given) Chlorodendraceae
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Taxonomy classification of Prasinophyceae. In the NCBI classification, organisms considered to belong to the one genus Tetraselmis are listed separately under the genus names Tetraselmis, Platymonas and Prasinocladus. The ordinal name Chlorodendrales and the family name Chlorodendraceae are derived from yet another name for this genus, Chlorodendron (a discarded synonym of Prasinocladus).
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