Chlamydomonadales, also known as Volvocales, are an order of flagellated or pseudociliated green algae, specifically of the Chlorophyceae.
Very often they are taken to include the orders Volvocales and Dunallielales, which contain closely related unicellular flagellates, as suborders.
However, molecular phylogenetic studies have shown that the evolutionary relationships do not correspond to the traditional taxonomic classifications.
)[6] Phacotinia (Phacotus, Pteromonas)[6] Monadinia (Microglena)[7] Characiosiphonia (Characiosiphon, Lobocharacium) Arenicolinia (Chlorosarcinopsis arenicola) Stephanosphaerinia (Stephanosphaera) Chlorogonia (Chlorogonium) Polytominia (Polytoma uvella) Dunaliellinia (Dunaliella) Uncultured chlorophyte, Actinochloris sp.
Chloromonadinia (Chloromonas) Tatrensinia (Chlorococcum tatrense) Desmotetra Reinhardtinia (Chlamydomonas reinhardtii, Volvocaceae) Oogamochlamydinia (Oogamochlamys, Lobochlamys) Treubarinia (Treubaria, Trochiscia, Cylindrocapsa) Radicarteria (Carteria pro parte) Spermatozopsis similis Hafniomonas Crucicarteria (Carteria pro parte) Golenkinia