Apedinella

Apedinella
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Clade: Diaphoretickes
Clade: Sar
Clade: Stramenopiles
Phylum: Ochrophyta
Class: Dictyochophyceae
Order: Pedinellales
Family: Pedinellaceae
Genus: Apedinella
Throndsen
Species:
A. radians
Binomial name
Apedinella radians
(Lohmann) P.H.Campbell

Apedinella, also called Pedinellophyceae, is a small group of heterokonts (stramenopelis) with one species, the Apedinella radians. It is assigned to the class Dictyochophyceae and the order of Pedinellaceae. It is a single cell marine phytoflagellate algae with chloroplasts found in seas all over the world.