Pinguiococcus

Pinguiococcus is a genus within Ochrophytina, a group of algae that also includes brown algae (seaweeds) and diatoms. The genus includes a single species, Pinguiococcus pyrenoidosus, which was first described in 2002.^[1][2]

Pinguiococcus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Clade:	Sar
Clade:	Stramenopiles
Phylum:	Ochrophyta
Class:	Pinguiophyceae
Order:	Pinguiochrysidales
Family:	Pinguiochrysidaceae
Genus:	Pinguiococcus R.A.Andersen, D.Potter, D.& J.C.Bailey
Species:	P. pyrenoidosus
Binomial name
Pinguiococcus pyrenoidosus R.A.Andersen, D.Potter, D.& J.C.Bailey