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
Phylum: 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

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.


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