# Goniaceae

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{{Short description|Family of algae}}
{{Automatic taxobox
|image=Gonium pectorale EPA.jpg
| taxon = Goniaceae
| subdivision_ranks = Genera
| subdivision = 
* ''[Astrephomene](/source/Astrephomene)''
* ''[Gonium](/source/Gonium)''
}}

'''Goniaceae''' is a [family](/source/Family_(taxonomy)) of [algae](/source/algae) in the order [Chlamydomonadales](/source/Chlamydomonadales), that includes the genera ''[Astrephomene](/source/Astrephomene)'' and ''[Gonium](/source/Gonium)''.<ref name=Nozaki_Kuroiwa_1992>{{cite journal |last=Nozaki |first=H. |last2=Kuroiwa |first2=T. |date=1992 |title= Ultrastructure of the extracellular matrix and taxonomy of ''Eudorina'', ''Pleodorina'' and ''Yamagishiella'' gen. nov. (Volvocaceae, Chlorophyta)|url= http://www.phycologia.org/doi/abs/10.2216/i0031-8884-31-6-529.1|archive-url= https://archive.today/20140611050402/http://www.phycologia.org/doi/abs/10.2216/i0031-8884-31-6-529.1|url-status= usurped|archive-date= June 11, 2014|journal= Phycologia|volume= 31|issue= 6|pages= 529–541|doi= 10.2216/i0031-8884-31-6-529.1|accessdate=9 June 2014|url-access= subscription}}</ref> Members of the Goniaceae are distinguished from those of the [Volvocaceae](/source/Volvocaceae) by having each cell surrounded by a tripartite boundary of the extracellular matrix, as opposed to the entire colony being surrounded by the tripartite boundary in [Volvocaceae](/source/Volvocaceae).<ref name="Nozaki_Kuroiwa_1992" /> Goniaceae is the [sister group](/source/sister_group) to Volvocaceae.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Herron |first=Matthew D. |date=2016 |title=Origins of multicellular complexity: ''Volvox'' and the volvocine algae |journal=Molecular Ecology |volume=25 |issue=6 |pages=1213–1223 |doi=10.1111/mec.13551 |pmc=5765864 |pmid=26822195|bibcode=2016MolEc..25.1213H }}</ref>

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Category:Chlorophyceae families
Category:Chlamydomonadales

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