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Rhizoclonium
Sign in to saveRhizoclonium is a genus of green algae in the family Cladophoraceae. It is a cosmopolitan genus found in fresh, brackish and marine waters.
Species
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GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumChlorophyta
- ClassUlvophyceae
- OrderCladophorales
- FamilyCladophoraceae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 950
- With media
- 489
- Family
- Cladophoraceae
- Collections
- FC-UNAM, MICH, NY, US
- Recorded in
- Mexico, Philippines, Ecuador, Canada, United States, France, Peru
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- Parent taxon
- Cladophoraceae
- Image
- Rhizoclonium riparium Crouan.jpg
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Rhizoclonium is a genus of green algae in the family Cladophoraceae. It is a cosmopolitan genus found in fresh, brackish and marine waters.
==Description== Rhizoclonium consists of straight or curved, uniseriate filaments which are usually unbranched. Filaments have short rhizoids which are up to a few cells long, which arise from the sides of filaments or at the ends. Cells are cylindrical, generally 3.5 to 35 μm wide (rarely up to 60 μm wide), with a thin cell wall. Cells are multinucleate, i.e. with multiple (usually two to four) nuclei arranged axially. The chloroplasts are parietal, net-like and with multiple pyrenoids.
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