Goniaceae

Goniaceae
Scientific classification
(unranked):	Viridiplantae
Class:	Chlorophyceae
Order:	Chlamydomonadales
Family:	Goniaceae
Genera
	Astrephomene; Gonium;

Goniaceae is a family of algae in the order Chlamydomonadales, that includes the genera Astrephomene and Gonium.^[1] Members of the Goniaceae are distinguished from those of the Volvocaceae by having each cell surrounded by a tripartite boundary of the extracellular matrix, as opposed to the entire colony being surrounded by the tripartite boundary in Volvocaceae.^[1]

References

1 2 Nozaki, H.; Kuroiwa, T. (1992). "Ultrastructure of the extracellular matrix and taxonomy of Eudorina, Pleodorina and Yamagishiella gen. nov. (Volvocaceae, Chlorophyta)". Phycologia. 31 (6): 529–541. doi:10.2216/i0031-8884-31-6-529.1. Retrieved 9 June 2014.

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[Nozaki_Kuroiwa_1992-1] 1 2 Nozaki, H.; Kuroiwa, T. (1992). "Ultrastructure of the extracellular matrix and taxonomy of Eudorina, Pleodorina and Yamagishiella gen. nov. (Volvocaceae, Chlorophyta)". Phycologia. 31 (6): 529–541. doi:10.2216/i0031-8884-31-6-529.1. Retrieved 9 June 2014.