| Chaetonemopsis | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Division: | Chlorophyta |
| Class: | Chlorophyceae |
| Order: | Chaetophorales |
| Family: | Chaetophoraceae |
| Genus: | Chaetonemopsis L. Gauthier-Lièvre, 1954 |
| Type species | |
| Chaetonemopsis pseudobulbochaete | |
| Species [1] | |
Chaetonemopsis is a genus of green algae in the family Chaetophoraceae. [1]
Chaetonemopsis consists of uniseriate filaments which are laterally and alternately branched. Cells have long, basally swollen hairs; terminal cells often have two such hairs. Cells are uninucleate with a chloroplast. Sexual reproduction is oogamous, in which the egg is released from the oogonium but remaining attached via a thin, cytoplasmic thread. [1]
The taxonomic status of this genus is unclear. Some taxonomists have suggested that the morphological features of Chaetonemopsis are actually produced by a different genus Bulbochaete parasitized by an amoeba. [2]
