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Chlorococcaceae
Ambystoma maculatum egg mass at the University of Mississippi Field Station. Symbiotic Oophila amblystomatis algae (green) is visible surrounding each developing larva.
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Supergroup:	Archaeplastida
Clade:	Viridiplantae
Division:	Chlorophyta
Class:	Chlorophyceae
Order:	Chlamydomonadales
Family:	Chlorococcaceae Blackman & Tansley, 1902
Genera[1]
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Chlorococcaceae is a family of green algae, in the order Chlamydomonadales.^[1] They are mostly soil-dwelling algae.^[2] Many members of this group produce lipids and secondary carotenoids.^[2]

The Chlorococcaceae consists mostly of coccoid (single, nonmotile) cells with one parietal or central chloroplast and one or multiple nuclei. The chloroplast contains a single pyrenoid surrounded by a starch envelope. The cell envelope may thicken with age and develop into a mucilaginous stalk in some species.^[2] Reproduction consists of zoospores with a cell wall; after they stop swimming, the zoospores retain their shape.^[2]

The family Chlorococcaceae is currently under taxonomic revision. As currently circumscribed, the type genus Chlorococcum is polyphyletic.^[2] The type species, Chlorococcum infusionum, is a member of the clade Moewusinia.^[3]

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