Polyphysaceae

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Polyphysaceae
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Acetabularia sp.
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(unranked): Viridiplantae
Phylum: Chlorophyta
Class: Ulvophyceae
Order: Dasycladales
Family: Polyphysaceae
Kützing [1]
Genera

The Polyphysaceae is a taxonomic family of green algae, one of three families in the order Dasycladales. [2] For single-celled organisms, they are huge, growing to nearly a foot long in some cases.[ citation needed ]

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References

  1. ↑ Kützing, 1843: 302, 311. Source publication: Silva PC (1980). "Names of classes and families of living algae: with special reference to their use in the Index Nominum Genericorum (Plantarum)". Regnum Vegetabile. 103: 1–156.
  2. ↑ Guiry, MD; GM Guiry (2007). "AlgaeBase version 4.2 Taxonomy Browser". AlgaeBase . National University of Ireland, Galway . Retrieved 2007-09-22.


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