Chlamydomonas

Translingual

Etymology

New Latin, from Ancient Greek χλαμύς (khlamús, “cloak, mantle”) + μονάς (monás, “solitary”).

Proper noun

Chlamydomonas f

A taxonomic genus within the family Chlamydomonadaceae – a unicellular green alga.

Hypernyms

(species): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Chlorophyta – infrakingdom; Chlorophyta – phylum; Chlorophytina - subphylum; Chlorophyceae - class; Chlamydomonadales (syn. Volvocales) - order; Chlamydomonadaceae - family

Hyponyms

(genus): Chlamydomonas reinhardtii - Type species; Chlamydomonas moewusii - selected other species; for more see Chlamydomonas on Wikispecies.Wikispecies

References

Chlamydomonas on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Chlamydomonas on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Chlamydomonas on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

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