Mamiellales are an order of green algae in the class Mamiellophyceae. Their cells and flagella are covered with spiderweb-like scales of several types. Some species lack scales but possess pigments similar to those of the scale-bearing species.
Taxonomy
Order Mamiellales Moestrup 1984 [Micromonadales] • Family Bathycoccaceae Marin & Melkonian 2010 • Genus Bathycoccus Eikrem & Throndsen 1990 • Genus Ostreococcus Courties & Chrétiennot-Dinet 1995 • Family Mamiellaceae Moestrup 1984 • Genus Mamiella Moestrup 1984 • Genus Mantoniella Desikachary 1972 • Genus Micromonas Manton & Parke 1960 non Borrel 1902 ==References==