Prasiolaceae

Prasiolaceae
	Prasiola stipitata
Scientific classification
Clade:	Viridiplantae
Division:	Chlorophyta
Class:	Trebouxiophyceae
Order:	Prasiolales
Family:	Prasiolaceae; F.F.Blackman & A.G.Tansley
Genera
	Prasiococcus; Prasiola; Prasiolopsis; Prasionella; Prasionema; Rosenvingiella; Rosenvingiellopsis; Schizogonium;

Prasiolaceae is a family of green algae in the order Prasiolales.^[2] Members of this family are found in freshwater, terrestrial, and marine habitats.^[3]

Algae in the family Prasiolaceae consist of thalli with blades a single cell thick (i.e. monostromatic). Vegetative cells are polygonal with two to four cells arranged within a parent cell wall. Each cell has a single, stellate chloroplast and a central pyrenoid.^[4]

Traditionally, it was the only family in the order Prasiolales.^[5] However, molecular phylogenetics have shown that additional algae with simple morphologies, such as Stichococcus, also belong to the same clade as this family.^[6]

Phylogeny

Molecular phylogenetic studies suggest the following relationships:^[7]

Prasiola + Prasiococcus

	Rosenvingiella

	Rosenvingiellopsis

	Prasionema

	Prasionella

Prasiolopsis

Another, older study places Prasionella as sister to Rosenvingiella.^[5] The above cladogram excludes the genus Schizogonium, which is taxonomically problematic and likely a synonym of Rosenvingiella.^[8]

References

^ Guiry, M.D.; Guiry, G.M. "Prasiolaceae". AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. Retrieved 2024-12-26.
^ See the NCBI webpage on Prasiolaceae. Data extracted from the "NCBI taxonomy resources". National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved 2007-03-19.
^ Ricker, R.W. (1987). Taxonomy and biogeography of Macquarie Island seaweeds. London: British Museum (Natural History). pp. 1–344. ISBN 0-565-00998-2.
^ Luan, R.; Huang, B.; Ding, L; Luan, S. (2009). "Two new species of family Prasiolaceae (Prasiolales, Chlorophyta) from China Sea". Acta Oceanologia Sinica. 28 (6): 118–122.
^ ^a ^b Heesch, Svenja; Pažoutová, Marie; Moniz, Mónica B.J.; Rindi, Fabio (2016). "Prasiolales (Trebouxiophyceae, Chlorophyta) of the Svalbard Archipelago: Diversity, biogeography and description of the new genera Prasionella and Prasionema". European Journal of Phycology. 51 (2): 171–187. Bibcode:2016EJPhy..51..171H. doi:10.1080/09670262.2015.1115557.
^ Darienko, Tatyana; Pröschold, Thomas (2024). "Prasiolopsis wulf-kochii (Prasiolales, Trebouxiophyceae), a New Species Occurring in Hairs of the Sloth Bradypus tridactylus". Plants. 13 (17): 2405. Bibcode:2024Plnts..13.2405D. doi:10.3390/plants13172405. PMC 11397384. PMID 39273889.
^ Nelson, Wendy A.; Sutherland, Judy E. (2018-04-03). "Prasionema heeschiae sp. nov. (Prasiolales, Chlorophyta) from Campbell Island, New Zealand: first record of Prasionema in the southern hemisphere". European Journal of Phycology. 53 (2): 198–207. Bibcode:2018EJPhy..53..198N. doi:10.1080/09670262.2018.1423577. ISSN 0967-0262. S2CID 90343215.
^ Rindi, Fabio; McIvor, Lynne; Sherwood, Alison R.; Friedl, Thomas; Guiry, Michael D.; Sheath, Robert G. (2007). "Molecular phylogeny of the green algal order Prasiolales (Trebouxiophyceae, Chlorophyta)". Journal of Phycology. 43 (4): 811–822. Bibcode:2007JPcgy..43..811R. doi:10.1111/j.1529-8817.2007.00372.x.

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[AlgaeBase-1] Guiry, M.D.; Guiry, G.M. "Prasiolaceae". AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. Retrieved 2024-12-26.

[2] See the NCBI webpage on Prasiolaceae. Data extracted from the "NCBI taxonomy resources". National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved 2007-03-19.

[3] Ricker, R.W. (1987). Taxonomy and biogeography of Macquarie Island seaweeds. London: British Museum (Natural History). pp. 1–344. ISBN 0-565-00998-2.

[4] Luan, R.; Huang, B.; Ding, L; Luan, S. (2009). "Two new species of family Prasiolaceae (Prasiolales, Chlorophyta) from China Sea". Acta Oceanologia Sinica. 28 (6): 118–122.

[Heesch-5] Heesch, Svenja; Pažoutová, Marie; Moniz, Mónica B.J.; Rindi, Fabio (2016). "Prasiolales (Trebouxiophyceae, Chlorophyta) of the Svalbard Archipelago: Diversity, biogeography and description of the new genera Prasionella and Prasionema". European Journal of Phycology. 51 (2): 171–187. Bibcode:2016EJPhy..51..171H. doi:10.1080/09670262.2015.1115557.

[6] Darienko, Tatyana; Pröschold, Thomas (2024). "Prasiolopsis wulf-kochii (Prasiolales, Trebouxiophyceae), a New Species Occurring in Hairs of the Sloth Bradypus tridactylus". Plants. 13 (17): 2405. Bibcode:2024Plnts..13.2405D. doi:10.3390/plants13172405. PMC 11397384. PMID 39273889.

[7] Nelson, Wendy A.; Sutherland, Judy E. (2018-04-03). "Prasionema heeschiae sp. nov. (Prasiolales, Chlorophyta) from Campbell Island, New Zealand: first record of Prasionema in the southern hemisphere". European Journal of Phycology. 53 (2): 198–207. Bibcode:2018EJPhy..53..198N. doi:10.1080/09670262.2018.1423577. ISSN 0967-0262. S2CID 90343215.

[8] Rindi, Fabio; McIvor, Lynne; Sherwood, Alison R.; Friedl, Thomas; Guiry, Michael D.; Sheath, Robert G. (2007). "Molecular phylogeny of the green algal order Prasiolales (Trebouxiophyceae, Chlorophyta)". Journal of Phycology. 43 (4): 811–822. Bibcode:2007JPcgy..43..811R. doi:10.1111/j.1529-8817.2007.00372.x.

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