# Heterococcus

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Genus of algae

Heterococcus Drawings of Heterococcus marietanii Scientific classification Domain: Eukaryota Clade: Sar Clade: Stramenopiles Division: Ochrophyta Class: Xanthophyceae Order: Tribonematales Family: Heteropediaceae Genus: Heterococcus Chodat, 1908 Species[1] See text

***Heterococcus*** is a [genus](/source/Genus) of [yellow-green algae](/source/Yellow-green_algae) (xanthophytes) in the family [Heteropediaceae](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Heteropediaceae&action=edit&redlink=1).[1] It is the only xanthophyte genus known to form [lichens](/source/Lichen).[2]

*Pirula* is regarded as a [synonym](/source/Synonym_(taxonomy)).[3]

## Species

- *[Heterococcus africanus](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Heterococcus_africanus&action=edit&redlink=1)*

- *[Heterococcus akinetus](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Heterococcus_akinetus&action=edit&redlink=1)*

- *[Heterococcus anguinus](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Heterococcus_anguinus&action=edit&redlink=1)*

- *[Heterococcus arcticus](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Heterococcus_arcticus&action=edit&redlink=1)*

- *[Heterococcus botrys](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Heterococcus_botrys&action=edit&redlink=1)*

- *[Heterococcus brevicellularis](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Heterococcus_brevicellularis&action=edit&redlink=1)*

- *[Heterococcus caespitosus](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Heterococcus_caespitosus&action=edit&redlink=1)*

- *[Heterococcus canadensis](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Heterococcus_canadensis&action=edit&redlink=1)*

- *[Heterococcus capitatus](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Heterococcus_capitatus&action=edit&redlink=1)*

- *[Heterococcus chodatii](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Heterococcus_chodatii&action=edit&redlink=1)*

- *[Heterococcus clavatus](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Heterococcus_clavatus&action=edit&redlink=1)*

- *[Heterococcus conicus](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Heterococcus_conicus&action=edit&redlink=1)*

- *[Heterococcus corniculatus](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Heterococcus_corniculatus&action=edit&redlink=1)*

- *[Heterococcus crassulus](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Heterococcus_crassulus&action=edit&redlink=1)*

- *[Heterococcus curvatus](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Heterococcus_curvatus&action=edit&redlink=1)*

- *[Heterococcus curvirostrus](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Heterococcus_curvirostrus&action=edit&redlink=1)*

- *[Heterococcus dissociatus](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Heterococcus_dissociatus&action=edit&redlink=1)*

- *[Heterococcus endolithicus](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Heterococcus_endolithicus&action=edit&redlink=1)*

- *[Heterococcus erectus](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Heterococcus_erectus&action=edit&redlink=1)*

- *[Heterococcus filiformis](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Heterococcus_filiformis&action=edit&redlink=1)*

- *[Heterococcus flavescens](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Heterococcus_flavescens&action=edit&redlink=1)*

- *[Heterococcus fontanus](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Heterococcus_fontanus&action=edit&redlink=1)*

- *[Heterococcus fuornensis](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Heterococcus_fuornensis&action=edit&redlink=1)*

- *[Heterococcus furcatus](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Heterococcus_furcatus&action=edit&redlink=1)*

- *[Heterococcus gemmatus](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Heterococcus_gemmatus&action=edit&redlink=1)*

- *[Heterococcus geniculatus](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Heterococcus_geniculatus&action=edit&redlink=1)*

- *[Heterococcus granulatus](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Heterococcus_granulatus&action=edit&redlink=1)*

- *[Heterococcus implexus](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Heterococcus_implexus&action=edit&redlink=1)*

- *[Heterococcus leptosiroides](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Heterococcus_leptosiroides&action=edit&redlink=1)*

- *[Heterococcus longicellularis](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Heterococcus_longicellularis&action=edit&redlink=1)*

- *[Heterococcus mainxii](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Heterococcus_mainxii&action=edit&redlink=1)*

- *[Heterococcus marietanii](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Heterococcus_marietanii&action=edit&redlink=1)*

- *[Heterococcus mastigophorus](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Heterococcus_mastigophorus&action=edit&redlink=1)*

- *[Heterococcus maximus](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Heterococcus_maximus&action=edit&redlink=1)*

- *[Heterococcus moniliformis](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Heterococcus_moniliformis&action=edit&redlink=1)*

- *[Heterococcus nepalensis](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Heterococcus_nepalensis&action=edit&redlink=1)*

- *[Heterococcus papillosus](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Heterococcus_papillosus&action=edit&redlink=1)*

- *[Heterococcus plectenchymaticus](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Heterococcus_plectenchymaticus&action=edit&redlink=1)*

- *[Heterococcus pleurococcoides](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Heterococcus_pleurococcoides&action=edit&redlink=1)*

- *[Heterococcus polymorphus](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Heterococcus_polymorphus&action=edit&redlink=1)*

- *[Heterococcus presolanensis](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Heterococcus_presolanensis&action=edit&redlink=1)*

- *[Heterococcus protonematoides](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Heterococcus_protonematoides&action=edit&redlink=1)*

- *[Heterococcus quadratus](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Heterococcus_quadratus&action=edit&redlink=1)*

- *[Heterococcus ramosissimus](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Heterococcus_ramosissimus&action=edit&redlink=1)*

- *[Heterococcus stellatus](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Heterococcus_stellatus&action=edit&redlink=1)*

- *[Heterococcus stigeoclonioides](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Heterococcus_stigeoclonioides&action=edit&redlink=1)*

- *[Heterococcus subterrestris](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Heterococcus_subterrestris&action=edit&redlink=1)*

- *[Heterococcus tectiformis](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Heterococcus_tectiformis&action=edit&redlink=1)*

- *[Heterococcus teleutosporoides](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Heterococcus_teleutosporoides&action=edit&redlink=1)*

- *[Heterococcus tellii](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Heterococcus_tellii&action=edit&redlink=1)*

- *[Heterococcus thermalis](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Heterococcus_thermalis&action=edit&redlink=1)*

- *[Heterococcus tiroliensis](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Heterococcus_tiroliensis&action=edit&redlink=1)*

- *[Heterococcus undulatus](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Heterococcus_undulatus&action=edit&redlink=1)*

- *[Heterococcus unguis](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Heterococcus_unguis&action=edit&redlink=1)*

- *[Heterococcus vesiculosus](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Heterococcus_vesiculosus&action=edit&redlink=1)*

- *[Heterococcus virginis](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Heterococcus_virginis&action=edit&redlink=1)*

- *[Heterococcus viridis](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Heterococcus_viridis&action=edit&redlink=1)*

- *[Heterococcus zonatus](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Heterococcus_zonatus&action=edit&redlink=1)*

## References

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-Algaebase_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-Algaebase_1-1) Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. (2007). ["Genus: Heterococcus taxonomy browser"](http://www.algaebase.org/browse/taxonomy/?id=6739). AlgaeBase version 4.2 World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. Retrieved 2018-04-10.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-Thüs_et_al._2011_2-0)** Thüs, Holger; Muggia, Lucia; Pérez-Ortega, Sergio; Favero-Longo, Sergio E.; Joneson, Suzanne; O’Brien, Heath; Nelsen, Matthew P.; Duque-Thüs, Rhinaixa; Grube, Martin; Friedl, Thomas; Brodie, Juliet; Andrew, Carrie J.; Lücking, Robert; Lutzoni, François; Gueidan, Cécile (2011). "Revisiting photobiont diversity in the lichen family Verrucariaceae (Ascomycota)". *European Journal of Phycology*. **46** (4): 399–415. [doi](/source/Doi_(identifier)):[10.1080/09670262.2011.629788](https://doi.org/10.1080%2F09670262.2011.629788).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-Algaebase-2_3-0)** Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. (2007). ["Genus: Pirula taxonomy browser"](http://www.algaebase.org/browse/taxonomy/?id=103686). AlgaeBase version 4.2 World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. Retrieved 2018-04-10.

Taxon identifiers Heterococcus Wikidata: Q25367430 Wikispecies: Heterococcus AlgaeBase: 43817 CoL: 7P5W5 GBIF: 3200939 IRMNG: 1281060 ITIS: 2076 Open Tree of Life: 517345 WoRMS: 577612

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