Geminella minor

Geminella minor is a species of filamentous freshwater green alga in the family Chlorellaceae.[1][2][3] The species probably has a cosmopolitan distribution.[4] The type specimen came from Switzerland[5][6] and the species has been reported in the British Isles[4] and elsewhere in the northern hemisphere, including Japan, Ukraine and North America. It occurs in freshwater aquatic habitats.[7]

Geminella minor
Scientific classification Edit this classification
(unranked): Viridiplantae
Division: Chlorophyta
Class: Trebouxiophyceae
Order: Chlorellales
Family: Chlorellaceae
Genus: Geminella
Species:
G. minor
Binomial name
Geminella minor
(Nägeli) Heering

References
  1. "Geminella minor - Encyclopedia of Life". eol.org. Retrieved 2021-10-09.
  2. "Geminella minor (Nägeli) Heering". www.gbif.org. GBIF. Retrieved 2021-10-14.
  3. taxonomy. "Taxonomy browser (Geminella minor)". www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved 2021-10-14.
  4. John, D. M.; Whitton, Brian A.; Brook, Alan J.; England), Natural History Museum (London; Society, British Phycological (2002-04-25). The Freshwater Algal Flora of the British Isles: An Identification Guide to Freshwater and Terrestrial Algae. Cambridge University Press. p. 440. ISBN 978-0-521-77051-4.
  5. "Geminella minor (Nägeli) Heering 1914". Algaebase. Retrieved 14 October 2021.
  6. Heering, W. (1914). Die Süsswasserflora Deutschlands, Österreichs und der Schweiz. Chlorophyceae III (PDF) (in German). Vol. 6. Jena: Gustav Fischer.
  7. Sen, H. S. (2019-02-04). The Sundarbans: A Disaster-Prone Eco-Region: Increasing Livelihood Security. Springer. p. 628. ISBN 978-3-030-00680-8.


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