Higher Classification: > Kingdom Plantae > Subkingdom Viridiplantae > Division Chlorophyta > Subdivision Prasinophytina > Class Nephroselmidophyceae > Order Nephroselmidales > Family Nephroselmidaceae

Nephroselmis F.Stein, 1878

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Heteromastix*	Korshikov, 1921	synonym

Children

Nephroselmis minuta (N.Carter) Butcher, 1959
Nephroselmis olivacea F.Stein, 1878
Nephroselmis pyriformis (N.Carter) Ettl, 1982
Nephroselmis rotunda (N.Carter) Fott, 1971

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Japanese: ネフロセルミス属

Literature

original description	Stein, F.R. von. (1878). Der Organismus der Infusionsthiere nach eigenen forschungen in systematischere Reihenfolge bearbeitet. III. Abtheilung. Die Naturgeschichte der Flagellaten oder Geisselinfusorien. I. Hälfte, Den noch nicht abgeschlossenen allgemeinen Theil nebst erklärung: Der sämmtlichen Abbildungen enthaltend. pp. i-x, 1-154, pls I-XXIV. Leipzig: Verlag von Wilhelm Engelmann.
basis of record	Hansson, H. G. (1991-1997). South Scandinavian Marine Protoctista.
additional source	Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. (2025). AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. searched on YYYY-MM-DD.

Genbank

Taxonomy

Published in AlgaeBase

Citation

Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. (2025). AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway (taxonomic information republished from AlgaeBase with permission of M.D. Guiry). Nephroselmis F.Stein, 1878. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:134524