Neochloridaceae is a family of green algae in the order Sphaeropleales.

[1] Neochloridaceae consists of aquatic, coccoid algae.

The cells are spherical or with complex polyhedral shapes.

Chloroplasts have pyrenoids that are surrounded by continuous starch sheaths.

[2] Phylogenetically, Neochloridaceae is sister to the family Hydrodictyaceae, a family which contains common and well-known algae such as Pediastrum.