Ankyra

Ankyra is a genus of green algae in the family Characiaceae.[1] This genus of algae is closely related to Atractomorpha and Sphaeroplea.[2]

This article is about the genus of algae. For the city in Turkey, see Ankara.

Ankyra
Scientific classification Edit this classification
(unranked): Viridiplantae
Division: Chlorophyta
Class: Chlorophyceae
Order: Sphaeropleales
Family: Sphaeropleaceae
Genus: Ankyra
Fott, 1957
Type species
Ankyra ancora
Species[1]
  • Ankyra ancora
  • Ankyra calcarifera
  • Ankyra inermis
  • Ankyra judayi
  • Ankyra lanceolata
  • Ankyra ocellata
  • Ankyra paradoxioides
  • Ankyra starrii

References
  1. Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. (2007). "Genus: Ankyra taxonomy browser". AlgaeBase version 4.2 World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. Retrieved 2007-09-25.
  2. Buchheim MA, Michalopulos EA, Buchheim JA (2001). "Phylogeny of the Chlorophyceae with special reference to the Sphaeropleales: a study of 18S and 26S rDNA data". Journal of Phycology. 37 (5): 819–835. doi:10.1046/j.1529-8817.2001.00162.x. S2CID 84617219.

Further reading
  • Krienitz L, Wachsmuth G, Klein G (1990). "About Ankyra-Lanceolata (Korsikov) Fott (Chlorophyta, Chlorococcales)". Archiv für Hydrobiologie. 75–80, Suppl. 86.


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