{{Short description|Family of algae}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2023}} {{One source|date=October 2023}} {{Automatic taxobox |image =Sennia commutata Pascher (1912).jpg |image_caption =''Nephroselmis olivacea'', formerly ''Sennia commutata'' |grandparent_authority = Cavalier-Smith |parent_authority = Nakayama, Suda, Kawachi & Inouye |taxon = Nephroselmidaceae |authority = Skuja ex P.C.Silva |subdivision_ranks = Genera |subdivision = *''Anticomonas'' *''Argillamonas'' *''Bipedinomonas'' *''Fluitomonas'' *''Hiemalomonas'' *''Myochloris'' *''Nephroselmis'' *''Prototractomonas'' *''Pseudopedinomonas'' *''Sennia'' *''Sinamonas'' }}
'''Nephroselmidaceae''' is a family of green algae, the only family in the order '''Nephroselmidales''' and the class '''Nephrophyceae''' within the division Chlorophyta.<ref>{{AlgaeBase taxon|name=Nephroselmidaceae|id=4669}}</ref>
Nephroselmidaceae consists of unicelullar organisms with two unequal flagella. The cell is covered with a periplast of scales. One or multiple chloroplasts are present in each cell.<ref>{{cite book|title=Volvocales|last1=Iyengar|first1=M. O. P.|last2=Desikachary|first2=T. V.|publisher= Indian Council of Agricultural Research|location=New Delhi|date=1981|pages= 532}}</ref>
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{{Green algae classification}} {{Taxonbar|from1=Q12590277|from2=Q21344410|from3=Q21286600|from4=Q12040693}}
Category:Chlorophyta families Category:Nephrophyceae
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