Bracteacoccus

Bracteacoccus was described by E. Tereg in 1922, based on the species Bracteacoccus aggregatus. Later it was synonymized with the genus Dictyococcus, until Richard C. Starr reestablished the genus. ==Description==

Bracteacoccus consists of solitary, typically spherical cells from 4 to 110 μm in diameter. Bracteacoccus reproduces asexually by producing zoospores. The zoospores have two flagella which are slightly unequal in length. Bracteacoccus may also reproduce by producing non-motile aplanospores. The three genera are phylogenetically distinct. ==Genera==

, AlgaeBase accepted the following species: • Bracteacoccus aerius H.W.Bischoff & Bold • Bracteacoccus aggregatus Tereg • Bracteacoccus anomalus (E.J.James) R.C.Starr • Bracteacoccus bohemiensis Fuciková, Flechtner & L.A.Lewis • Bracteacoccus bullatus Fuciková, Flechtner & L.A.Lewis • Bracteacoccus deserticola Fuciková, Flechtner & L.A.Lewis • Bracteacoccus giganteus H.W.Bischoff & Bold • Bracteacoccus glacialis Fuciková, Flechtner & L.A.Lewis • Bracteacoccus grandis H.W.Bischoff & Bold • Bracteacoccus medionucleatus H.W.Bischoff & Bold • Bracteacoccus minor (Schmidle ex Chodat) Petrová • Bracteacoccus occidentalis Fuciková, Flechtner & L.A.Lewis • Bracteacoccus polaris Fuciková, Flechtner & L.A.Lewis • Bracteacoccus pseudominor H.W.Bischoff & Bold • Bracteacoccus ruber Novis & Visnovsky • Bracteacoccus xerophilus Fuciková, Flechtner & L.A.Lewis A further species, Bracteacoccus helveticus (Kol & F.Chodat) Starr, was regarded as of "uncertain taxonomic status". ==References==