Trentepohliaceae | |
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Trentepohlia aurea | |
Scientific classification | |
(unranked): | Viridiplantae |
Phylum: | Chlorophyta |
Class: | Ulvophyceae |
Order: | Trentepohliales |
Family: | Trentepohliaceae Hansgirg |
Genera [1] | |
Trentepohliaceae are a family of green algae in the order Trentepohliales. [2]
Mamiellales are an order of green algae in the class Mamiellophyceae. Their cells and flagella are covered with spiderweb-like scales of several types. Some species lack scales but possess pigments similar to those of the scale-bearing species.
Prasiolales is an order of green algae in the class Trebouxiophyceae.
Pyramimonadales are an order of green algae in the Chlorophyta.
Ulotrichales is an order of green algae in the class Ulvophyceae.
Aphanochaetaceae is a family of algae in the order Chaetophorales.
Cladophoraceae are a family of green algae in the order the Cladophorales. This family includes notably the genus Chaetomorpha which has a few members used in saltwater aquariums.
Coccomyxaceae is a family of algae, in the order Chlorococcales.
The Dasycladaceae is one of the two extant families of green algae of the order Dasycladales. When found in Palaeozoic limestones, they typically indicate depositional depth of less than 5m.
Hypnomonadaceae is a family of green algae, in the order Chlorococcales.
In taxonomy, Ascochloris is a genus of green algae. It is classified within the order Sphaeropleales.
Monomastix is a genus of green algae in the class Mamiellophyceae. It is the only genus in the family Monomastigaceae, which in turn is the only family in the order Monomastigales.
Physolinum is a genus of green algae in the family Trentepohliaceae. The only species in the genus, Physolinum monilia, is currently regarded as a synonym of Trentepohlia rigidula.
Printzina is a genus of green algae. in the family Trentepohliaceae.
Trentepohlia is a genus of filamentous chlorophyte green algae in the family Trentepohliaceae, living free on terrestrial supports such as tree trunks and wet rocks or symbiotically in lichens. The filaments of Trentepohlia have a strong orange colour caused by the presence of large quantities of carotenoid pigments which mask the green of the chlorophyll.
Cosmarium is a genus of fresh water organisms belonging to the Charophyta, a division of green algae from which the land plants (Embryophyta) emerged.
Penium is a genus of green algae, and the sole member of the family Peniaceae. The genus contains about 39 species.
Hormotilaceae is a family of green algae, in the order Chlorococcales.