Chaetopeltidaceae are a small
family
Family (from ) is a Social group, group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or Affinity (law), affinity (by marriage or other relationship). It forms the basis for social order. Ideally, families offer predictabili ...
of
green algae
The green algae (: green alga) are a group of chlorophyll-containing autotrophic eukaryotes consisting of the phylum Prasinodermophyta and its unnamed sister group that contains the Chlorophyta and Charophyta/ Streptophyta. The land plants ...
in the order
Chaetopeltidales
Chaetopeltidales are an order of green algae in the class Chlorophyceae. In comparison to other chlorophycean orders, the order is species-poor and was circumscribed relatively recently, in 1994; the key ultrastructural features include having ...
.
Phylogeny
A current hypothesis of the phylogenetic relationships are as follows:
Phylogenetic analyses also place ''
Pseudulvella americana'' as closely related to ''Chaetopeltis''; taxonomic revisions are necessary.
References
Chlorophyceae families
Chaetopeltidales
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