Golenkiniopsis is a genus of green algae in the family Chlorellaceae.

[2] Golenkiniopsis consists of spherical to somewhat ovoid cells that are covered in spines.

Cells are typically solitary, but rarely the spines may become tangled with each other and create a colony-like appearance.

Cells contain a single parietal, cup-shaped chloroplast with one spherical to ellipsoidal pyrenoid.

The original author Korshikov separated the two genera on the basis that Golenkinia has mucilage surrounding the spines, an urceolate chloroplast and reniform pyrenoid, whereas Golenkiniopsis has no mucilage around the spines, a poculiform chloroplast and a non-reniform pyrenoid.