Chaetophora (alga)

Chaetophora is a genus of green algae in the family Chaetophoraceae.[1]

Chaetophora
branches of Chaetophora elegans in the act of discharging ciliated zoospores, which are seen, as in motion, on the right
Scientific classification
(unranked): Viridiplantae
Division: Chlorophyta
Class: Chlorophyceae
Order: Chaetophorales
Family: Chaetophoraceae
Genus: Chaetophora
F. Schrank, 1783
Type species
Chaetophora elegans
Species[1]
  • Chaetophora attenuata
  • Chaetophora cornu-damae
  • Chaetophora elegans
  • Chaetophora flagellifera
  • Chaetophora incrassata
  • Chaetophora pisiformis
  • Chaetophora punctiformis
  • Chaetophora tuberculosa

Taxonomy

The similar genus Chaetophoropsis was created in 2019 to include species that form globose thalli.[2]

References
  1. Guiry, M.D.; Guiry, G.M. (2007). "Genus: Chaetophora taxonomy browser". AlgaeBase version 4.2 World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. Retrieved 2007-09-25.
  2. Liu, Benwen; Xiong, Qian; Liu, Xudong; Liu, Guoxiang; Hu, Zhengyu (2018). "Molecular phylogeny and taxonomy of the genus Chaetophora (Chlorophyceae, Chlorophyta), including descriptions of Chaetophoropsis aershanensis gen. et sp. nov". Journal of Phycology. 55 (1): 74–83. doi:10.1111/jpy.12803. PMID 30347440. S2CID 53036768.


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