Actinastrum
| Actinastrum | |
|---|---|
| Actinastrum hantzschii | |
| Scientific classification | |
| (unranked): | Viridiplantae |
| Division: | Chlorophyta |
| Class: | Trebouxiophyceae |
| Order: | Chlorellales |
| Family: | Chlorellaceae |
| Genus: | Actinastrum Lagerheim, 1882 |
| Type species | |
| Actinastrum hantzschii Lagerheim | |
| Species | |
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Actinastrum is a genus of mostly freshwater single-celled Eukaryotes, first described by Gustaf Lagerheim in 1882.
Studies since 2002 have placed Actinastrum as either sister to or a subgrouping within Chlorella, a Charophyte green alga genus in the family Chlorellaceae.
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