Chaetomorpha
Sign in to saveChaetomorpha is a genus of green algae in the family Cladophoraceae. Members of this genus may be referred to by the common name sea emerald.
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GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumChlorophyta
- ClassUlvophyceae
- OrderCladophorales
- FamilyCladophoraceae
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Chaetomorpha is a genus of green algae in the family Cladophoraceae. Members of this genus may be referred to by the common name sea emerald.
==Description== Algae of this genus are made up of macroscopic filaments which are uniseriate (one cell thick) and unbranched. Cells are cylindrical to barrel-shaped, multinucleate, with thick cell walls. The chloroplast is parietal and net-like, with many pyrenoids.