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Bryopsidales

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Bryopsidales is an order of green algae, in the class Ulvophyceae. It is a diverse group of mostly marine macroalgae.

Species

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ORDER

  1. KingdomPlantae
  2. PhylumChlorophyta
  3. ClassUlvophyceae
  4. OrderBryopsidales
Habitatmarine, brackish, freshwater
Observations recorded426,991

via GBIF

Museum specimens

Specimen records
4
Collections
MEL, UOMNH
Recorded in
Australia, United States

Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
Bryopsidophyceae
Image
Bryopsis plumosa herbarium item.jpg
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taxon rank
order
taxon name
Bryopsidales
topic's main category
Category:Bryopsidales
Commons category
Bryopsidales
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Encyclopedic overview

4 sections
Contents
  • Characteristics
  • Reproduction
  • Phylogeny
  • References

Bryopsidales is an order of green algae, in the class Ulvophyceae. It is a diverse group of mostly marine macroalgae.

==Characteristics== The thallus is filamentous, highly branched, and may be packed into a mass. It is coenocytic, having multi-nucleate cells consisting of cytoplasm contained within a cylindrical cell wall. There are no septae, and the many discoid chloroplasts, nuclei and other organelles are free to move through the organism. The whole organism may consist of a single cell; in the genus Caulerpa, this single cell may be several metres across. In the genus Halimeda, whole seabed meadows may consist of an individual, single-celled organism connected by filamentous threads running through the substrate.

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