Prasiola crispa

Prasiola crispa
Prasiola crispa found in central Queen Maud Land, Antarctica
Scientific classification
(unranked):	Viridiplantae
Division:	Chlorophyta
Class:	Trebouxiophyceae
Order:	Prasiolales
Family:	Prasiolaceae
Genus:	Prasiola
Species:	P. crispa
Binomial name
Prasiola crispa (Lightfoot) Kützing 1843
Synonyms[1]
List Ulva crispaLightfoot 1777 Ulva terrestris Roth 1797 Schizogonium crispatum Kützing 1843 Schizogonium parietinum Kützing 1843 Hormidium parietinum (Kützing) Kützing 1845 Prasiola rothii Kützing 1845 Prasiola orbicularis Kützing 1845 Prasiola antarctica Kützing 1849 Schizogonium laetevirens var. crispatum (Kützing) Kützing 1849 Prasiola rothii var. falklandica Kützing 1849 Prasiola falklandica (Kützing) Kützing 1855 Prasiola georgica Reinsch 1890 Prasiola crispa subsp. terrestris Børgesen 1902 Prasiola crispa var. aspera West & G.S.West 1911 Prasiola crispa subsp. antarctica (Kützing) Knebel 1935 Mastodia antarctica (Kützing) C.W.Dodge 1948

Prasiola crispa is a small terrestrial green alga. It has been recorded world-wide mostly from cold-temperate to polar regions.