Rebecca (genus)
| Rebecca | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Clade: | Diaphoretickes |
| Phylum: | Haptista |
| Subphylum: | Haptophytina |
| Class: | Pavlovophyceae |
| Order: | Pavlovales |
| Family: | Pavlovaceae |
| Genus: | Rebecca Green, 2000 |
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Rebecca is a genus of photosynthetic, flagellated marine haptophytes. It is one of four genera in the family Pavlovaceae. The holotype species, R. salina, was described in 2000 by J.C. Green; it is one of three species currently accepted in the genus. Also in the genus is R. helicata, which was described in the same publication as R. salina, and the third member is R. billiardiae, which was described in 2023. R. helicata and R. salina were both previously considered to be within the genus Pavlova.