Eremochloris Fucíková, P.O.Lewis & L.A.Lewis, 2014

Holotype species: Eremochloris sphaerica Fucíková, P.O.Lewis & L.A.Lewis

Original publication and holotype designation: Fucíková, K., Lewis, P.O. & Lewis, L.A. (2014). Widespread desert affiliation of Trebouxiophycean algae (Trebouxiophyceae, Chlorophyta) including discovery of three new desert genera. Phycological Research 62(4): 294-305, 5 figures, 1 table.

Description: "Cells spherical, uninucleate. Chloroplasts single in young cells, multiple in mature cells, containing a single pyrenoid. Asexual reproduction via autospores. Sexual reproduction unknown."

Information contributed by: Original description.. The most recent alteration to this page was made on 2024-08-08 by M.D. Guiry.

Taxonomic status: This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.

Gender: This genus name is currently treated as feminine.

Comments: Differentiated from other genera in Trebouxiophyceae by 18S rRNA and rbcL gene sequences.

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Descriptions of chrysophyte genera were subsequently published in J. Kristiansen & H.R. Preisig (eds.). 2001. Encyclopedia of Chrysophyte Genera. Bibliotheca Phycologica 110: 1-260.

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 08 August 2024. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 03 January 2025