Domain Eukaryota Class Pelagophyceae Family Pelagomonadaceae Rank Species | Superphylum Heterokonta Order Pelagomonadales Genus Aureococcus | |
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Similar Pelagophyceae, Thalassiosira pseudonana, Heterosigma akashiwo, Micromonas, Ostreococcus | ||
Aureococcus anophagefferens is a species of heterokont alga. Its cells have a single chloroplast, nucleus, and mitochondrion and an unusual exocellular polysaccharide-like layer. It causes harmful algal blooms.
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