Order Chlorococcales (green algae)
Chlorophyceae - Chlorococcales
Parent taxon: Chlorophyceae according to G. R. Licari 1978
See also Taylor et al. 2008
Sister taxa: Anatoliporaceae, Chaetophorales, Chlorotylites, Chuvashovia, Dascladales, Dasycladales, Euglena, Hungarodiscus, Hydrodictyaceae, Larvaria, Noremia, Paleosiphonocladales, Pediastrites, Pediastrum, Pleurozonaria, Receptaculitidae, Scenedesmaceae, Tetrasporales, Ulothrix, Volvocales
Subtaxa: Chlorellaceae Chlorosarcinaceae Coelastraceae Plaesiodictyon
Ecology: stationary epifaunal "photoautotroph"
Distribution: found only at Locality 3 of 8/11/68 ( of California)