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Chaetophorales is an
Chaetophorales is an order
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* A socio-political or established or existing order, e.g. World order, Ancien Regime, Pax Britannica
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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 class Chlorophyceae
The Chlorophyceae, also known as chlorophycean algae, are one of the classes of green algae, within the phylum Chlorophyta. They are a large assemblage of mostly freshwater and terrestrial organisms; many members are important primary producers i ...
. Algae in the order Chaetophorales consist of filamentous, branched algae. The thalli have two parts, a prostrate and upright section and the filaments are variously branched. The algae are found in freshwater habitats or terrestrial habitats.
Families
Chaetophorales consists of the following families: * Aphanochaetaceae Oltmanns * Barrancaceae Caisová et al. *Chaetophoraceae
Chaetophoraceae is a family (biology), family of green algae in the order Chaetophorales.
Members of the family are variously semi-terrestrial to aquatic in habitat, and consist of branched filaments in two parts, a prostrate system of filaments ...
Greville
* Fritschiellaceae Caisová & Melkonian
* Schizomeridaceae G.M.Smith
* Uronemataceae Caisová et al.
Phylogenetic relationships within the order are as follows:
References
Chlorophyta orders {{Chlorophyceae-stub