Chlorophyceae families

Chlamydomonadaceae is a family of algae within the order Chlamydomonadales. Traditionally, it has been defined as containing single-celled flagellates with a cell wall.

Volvocaceae are a family of unicellular or colonial biflagellate algae, including the typical genus Volvox, and are collectively known as the volvocine algae. The family was named by Ehrenberg in 1834, and it is known in older classifications as the Volvocidae. All species are colonial and typically inhabit freshwater environments. They are particularly useful as model organisms for studying the evolution of multicellularity, the evolution of sex, and cellular motion and mechanics.

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Chaetophoraceae is a family of green algae in the order Chaetophorales.

Hydrodictyaceae is a family of green algae in the order Sphaeropleales. They are found in freshwater habitats worldwide.

Haematococcaceae is a family of green algae in the order Chlamydomonadales. It consists of freshwater algae such as Chlorogonium, Haematococcus and Stephanosphaera.

Chlorococcaceae is a family of green algae, in the order Chlamydomonadales. They are mostly soil-dwelling algae. Many members of this group produce lipids and secondary carotenoids.

Dunaliellaceae is a family of algae in the order Chlamydomonadales. It is widespread in freshwater and saline environments worldwide, less so in marine waters.

The Tetrasporaceae are a family of green algae, specifically of the Chlamydomonadales. They are found in freshwater habitats.

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Selenastraceae is a family of green algae in the order Sphaeropleales. Members of this family are common components of the phytoplankton in freshwater habitats worldwide. A few species have been found in brackish and marine habitats, such as in the Baltic Sea.

Tetrabaenaceae is a family of green algae in the order Chlamydomonadales. It is widespread but occasional, and found in freshwater habitats.

Spondylomoraceae is a family of algae in the order Chlamydomonadales. It consists of various freshwater, microscopic algae.

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

Chlorangiellaceae is a green algae family in the order Chlamydomonadales.

Microsporaceae are a family of green algae in the class Chlorophyceae.

Palmellopsidaceae is a green algae family in the order Chlamydomonadales.

Chlorosarcinaceae is a family of chlorophyte green algae, in the order Chlamydomonadales. Members of this genus are found in soils.

Aphanochaetaceae is a family of green algae in the order Chaetophorales. It occurs mainly in freshwater habitats; it may inhabit running or stagnant water, sometimes within the mucilage of red algae or other green algae.

Chlorochytriaceae is a family of algae within the order Chlamydomonadales. Alternatively, it shows some morphological similarity to Characiosiphonaceae and closely related to it. It contains a number of parasitic taxa endophytic within vascular plants, mosses, or other algae.

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Asteromonadaceae are a family of algae in the order Chlamydomonadales.

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

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

Protosiphonaceae is a family of chlorophyte green algae, in the order Chlamydomonadales.

Characiaceae is a family of green algae in the order Sphaeropleales. It contains epiphytic or planktonic algae that are unicellular or colonial. The cells are heteropolar, with basal and apical ends having different shapes. The daughter cells are often retained in the cell wall of the old mother cell, whose cell wall becomes gelatinized.

Goniaceae is a family of algae in the order Chlamydomonadales, that includes the genera Astrephomene and Gonium. Members of the Goniaceae are distinguished from those of the Volvocaceae by having each cell surrounded by a tripartite boundary of the extracellular matrix, as opposed to the entire colony being surrounded by the tripartite boundary in Volvocaceae. Goniaceae is the sister group to Volvocaceae.

The Palmellaceae are a family of green algae, specifically of the Chlamydomonadales. Members of this group are typically found in atmophytic or terrestrial habitats, or as phycobionts associated with lichens; a few are found in fresh water.

Hypnomonadaceae is a family of green algae, in the order Chlamydomonadales.

Phacotaceae is a family of green algae in the order Chlamydomonadales. Members of this family are found in freshwater habitats worldwide.

Chaetopeltidaceae are a small family of green algae in the order Chaetopeltidales.

The Characiosiphonaceae are a family of algae in the order Chlamydomonadales. Two genera are included in this family, Characiosiphon and Lobocharacium, each containing a single species. The genus Characiochloris may eventually be placed in this family pending future revisions, as it is phylogenetically closely related to the twose genera.

Sphaerodictyaceae is a family of green algae, in the order Chlamydomonadales.

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Sphaerocystidaceae is a family of chlorophyte green algae, in the order Chlamydomonadales.

Characiochloridaceae is a family of green algae in the order Chlamydomonadales.

The Oedogoniales are an order of filamentous freshwater green algae of the class Chlorophyceae. The order is well-defined and has several unique features, including asexual reproduction with zoospores that possess stephanokont flagella: numerous short flagella arranged in a subapical whorl. The Oedogoniales have a highly specialized type of oogamy, and an elaborate method of cell division which results in the accumulation of apical caps.