Chaetophora | |
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branches of Chaetophora elegans in the act of discharging ciliated zoospores, which are seen, as in motion, on the right | |
Scientific classification
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(unranked): | Viridiplantae |
Division: | Chlorophyta |
Class: | Chlorophyceae |
Order: | Chaetophorales |
Family: | Chaetophoraceae |
Genus: |
Chaetophora F. Schrank, 1783 |
Type species | |
Chaetophora elegans | |
Species [1] | |
Chaetophora is a genus of green algae in the family Chaetophoraceae. [1]
The similar genus Chaetophoropsis was created in 2019 to include species that form globose thalli. [2]
Chaetophora | |
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branches of Chaetophora elegans in the act of discharging ciliated zoospores, which are seen, as in motion, on the right | |
Scientific classification
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(unranked): | Viridiplantae |
Division: | Chlorophyta |
Class: | Chlorophyceae |
Order: | Chaetophorales |
Family: | Chaetophoraceae |
Genus: |
Chaetophora F. Schrank, 1783 |
Type species | |
Chaetophora elegans | |
Species [1] | |
Chaetophora is a genus of green algae in the family Chaetophoraceae. [1]
The similar genus Chaetophoropsis was created in 2019 to include species that form globose thalli. [2]