Higher Classification: > Kingdom Plantae > Division Chlorophyta > Class Chlorophyceae > Order Volvocales > Family Chlamydomonadaceae

Chlamydomonas Ehrenberg, 1833

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Protococcus*	C.Agardh, 1824	synonym

Children

Chlamydomonas braunii Gorozhankin, 1890
Chlamydomonas coccoides Butcher, 1959
Chlamydomonas dinobryonis G.M.Smith, 1920
Chlamydomonas magnusii J.Reinke
Chlamydomonas marina F.J.Cohn
Chlamydomonas mikroplankton J.Reinke
Chlamydomonas pulsatilla H.Wollenweber, 1926
Chlamydomonas quadrilobata N.Carter, 1937
Chlamydomonas reginae Ettl & Green, 1973

Literature

basis of record	Hayward, P.J.; Ryland, J.S. (Ed.) (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK. ISBN 0-19-857356-1. 627 pp.
additional source	Algaebase
additional source	Nomenclator Zoologicus

Genbank

Taxonomy

Published in AlgaeBase

External Links

GenBank (17 nucleotides; 9 proteins)
GBIF

Citation

Guiry, Michael D. (2014). Chlamydomonas. In: Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. (2014). AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway (taxonomic information republished from AlgaeBase with permission of M.D. Guiry). In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:178583