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Aphanochaete
Sign in to saveAphanochaete is a genus of green algae in the family Aphanochaetaceae. The name Aphanochaete was given by Alexander Braun in 1850. The genus was actually described one year earlier by Carl Nägeli as Herposteiron, but the name Aphanochaete has been conserved against Herposteiron.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumChlorophyta
- ClassChlorophyceae
- OrderChaetophorales
- FamilyAphanochaetaceae
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 8
- With media
- 2
- Family
- Aphanochaetaceae
- Collections
- OSC, LD, WTU, S, NY
- Recorded in
- United States, Czech Republic, Japan
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Aphanochaete is a genus of green algae in the family Aphanochaetaceae. The name Aphanochaete was given by Alexander Braun in 1850. The genus was actually described one year earlier by Carl Nägeli as Herposteiron, but the name Aphanochaete has been conserved against Herposteiron.
Aphanochaete is a common epiphyte or aquatic plants or filamentous algae, such as Cladophora and Oedogonium. It is found in freshwater (rarely brackish water), particularly eutrophic and hard water, and has a cosmopolitan distribution.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Aphanochaete” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.