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| Emergosphaera | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| (unranked): | Viridiplantae |
| Division: | Chlorophyta |
| Class: | Chlorophyceae |
| Order: | Chlamydomonadales |
| Family: | Chlorococcaceae |
| Genus: | Emergosphaera W.W.Miller, 1921 |
| Species: | E. superficialis
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| Binomial name | |
| Emergosphaera superficialis W.W.Miller[1]
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Emergosphaera is a genus of green algae, in the family Chlorococcaceae. It contains a single species, Emergosphaera superficialis, recorded only once from Kursk, Russia. The vegetative cells of Emergosphaera are neustonic in freshwater and the zoospores are planktonic.[1]