Prasinococcus
| Prasinococcus | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Clade: | Viridiplantae |
| Division: | Prasinodermophyta |
| Class: | Palmophyllophyceae |
| Order: | Prasinococcales |
| Family: | Prasinococcaceae |
| Genus: | Prasinococcus Miyashita & Chihara 1993 |
| Species: | P. capsulatus |
| Binomial name | |
| Prasinococcus capsulatus Miyashita & Chihara 1993 | |
Prasinococcus is a monotypic genus of green algae, containing the only species Prasinococcus capsulatus, in the monotypic family Prasinococcaceae. This unicellular algal species was discovered in 1990 in the West Pacific Ocean and has characteristic reproduction methods as well as an interesting and potentially exploitable morphology. This is the only species in the genus, though various strains exist, for example URI 266G is the Atlantic clone.