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Chaetophoraceae
Sign in to saveChaetophoraceae is a family of green algae in the order Chaetophorales.
Species
カエトフォラ／タマモ科
FAMILY
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumChlorophyta
- ClassChlorophyceae
- OrderChaetophorales
- FamilyChaetophoraceae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 244
- With media
- 163
- Family
- Chaetophoraceae
- Collections
- YPM, NY, MEL, US, MARY, MICH
- Recorded in
- United States, Australia, Canada, Italy, Poland, Puerto Rico, Czech Republic, Sweden
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Chaetophorales
- Image
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- Chaetophoraceae
- taxon name
- Chaetophoraceae
- taxon rank
- family
- topic's main category
- Category:Chaetophoraceae
- taxon common name
- カエトフォラ科
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Encyclopedic overview
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Chaetophoraceae is a family of green algae in the order Chaetophorales.
Members of the family are variously semi-terrestrial to aquatic in habitat, and consist of branched filaments in two parts, a prostrate system of filaments and an erect system of filaments. During germination, the zoospore is erect and divides parallel to the substrate. The prostrate system develops from successive divisions of the original zoospore cell, and consists of filaments with square cells attached to the surface, or long thin rhizoids which penetrate the surface. The erect system consists of one, two or several erect branched filaments, sometimes terminating in long hairs.
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