Paramecia (alga)

Paramecia
Temporal range:
Scientific classification
Clade: Archaeplastida
Division: Rhodophyta
Class: Florideophyceae
Order: Corallinales
Stem group: Corallinaceae
Genus: Paramecia
Zhang & Yuan, 1992
Species
  • P. incognata Zhang & Yuan, 1992

Paramecia is a non-mineralized Ediacaran alga with a differentiated, compartmentalized thallus. This alga probably had multiple phases in its lifecycle, as possible reproductive structures have been identified.