Sphaeropleaceae | |
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British fresh-water algae, exclusive of Desmidieae and Diatomaceae (1882-1884) | |
Scientific classification
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(unranked): | Viridiplantae |
Division: | Chlorophyta |
Class: | Chlorophyceae |
Order: | Sphaeropleales |
Family: |
Sphaeropleaceae Kützing, 1849 |
Genera [1] | |
Sphaeropleaceae is a family of green algae in the order Sphaeropleales. [1]
The Sphaeropleaceae consists of solitary cells or filaments of cells. They are coenocytic, and reproduce asexually via zoospores or sexually via anisogamy or oogamy. [2]
The family has had a convoluted taxonomic history. Depending on the author, it has been placed in one of many orders including Ulotrichales or Chaetophorales. [3] Currently, it is placed in its own order, the Sphaeropleales. It appears to be the sister group to the rest of the families in its order. [2] It also differs from the other families in the ultrastructure of the basal bodies of their flagella. [2]
Sphaeropleaceae | |
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British fresh-water algae, exclusive of Desmidieae and Diatomaceae (1882-1884) | |
Scientific classification
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(unranked): | Viridiplantae |
Division: | Chlorophyta |
Class: | Chlorophyceae |
Order: | Sphaeropleales |
Family: |
Sphaeropleaceae Kützing, 1849 |
Genera [1] | |
Sphaeropleaceae is a family of green algae in the order Sphaeropleales. [1]
The Sphaeropleaceae consists of solitary cells or filaments of cells. They are coenocytic, and reproduce asexually via zoospores or sexually via anisogamy or oogamy. [2]
The family has had a convoluted taxonomic history. Depending on the author, it has been placed in one of many orders including Ulotrichales or Chaetophorales. [3] Currently, it is placed in its own order, the Sphaeropleales. It appears to be the sister group to the rest of the families in its order. [2] It also differs from the other families in the ultrastructure of the basal bodies of their flagella. [2]