Chlamydomonadales

, AlgaeBase accepted the following families: • Actinochloridaceae Korshikov • Asteromonadaceae Péterfi • Carteriaceae Pascher • Characiochloridaceae Skuja • Characiosiphonaceae Iyengar • Chlamydomonadaceae F.Stein • Chlorangiellaceae Bourrelly ex Fott • Chlorochytriaceae Setchell & N.L.Gardner • Chlorococcaceae Blackman & Tansley • Chlorosarcinaceae Bourrelly ex Groover & Bold • Dunaliellaceae T.A.Christensen • Goniaceae (Pascher) Pascher • Haematococcaceae G.M.Smith • Hypnomonadaceae Korshikov • Palmellaceae Decaisne • Palmellopsidaceae Korshikov • Phacotaceae Francé • Pleurastraceae K.R.Mattox & K.D.Stewart • Protosiphonaceae Blackman & Tansley • Sphaerocystidaceae Fott ex Tsarenko • Sphaerodictyaceae C.-C.Jao • Spondylomoraceae Korshikov • Tetrabaenaceae H.Nozaki & M.Ito • Tetrasporaceae Wittrock • Volvocaceae Ehrenberg • Wislouchiaceae Molinari & Guiry ==Phylogeny==

Traditionally, families and genera within Chlamydomonadales have been classified based on their morphology. However, molecular phylogenetic studies have shown that the evolutionary relationships do not correspond to the traditional taxonomic classifications. Despite this, the families and genera are still in use, because the differences have not been reconciled into a single, useful classification system. In 2008, Nakada et al. defined a number of well-supported clades within Chlamydomonadales using PhyloCode. Their relationships, as well as a few representative genera and species, are shown below. }} }} }} }} }} }} }} }} }} }} }} }} }} }} }} }} }} }} ==References==