Higher Classification: > Kingdom Plantae > Subkingdom Viridiplantae > Division Chlorophyta > Subdivision Chlorophytina > Class Trebouxiophyceae > Order Prasiolales > Family Prasiolaceae

Prasiola Meneghini, 1838

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Prasiola calophylla (Carmichael ex Greville) Kützing, 1845
Prasiola crispa (Lightfoot) Kützing, 1843
Prasiola fluviatilis (Sommerfelt) J.E. Areschoug ex Lagerstedt, 1869
Prasiola furfuracea (Mertens ex Hornemann) Trevisan, 1842
Prasiola stipitata Suhr ex Jessen, 1848

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Japanese: カワノリ属

Literature

basis of record	Guiry, M.D. (2001). Macroalgae of Rhodophycota, Phaeophycota, Chlorophycota, and two genera of Xanthophycota, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 20-38
additional source	Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. (2025). AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. searched on YYYY-MM-DD.
additional source	Silva, P. C.; Basson, P. W.; Moe, R. L. (1996). Catalogue of the benthic marine algae of the Indian Ocean. University of California Publications in Botany. 79: 1-1259.

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). Prasiola Meneghini, 1838. 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:144234