''Tribonema'' is a genus of filamentous,

freshwater Fresh water or freshwater is any naturally occurring liquid or frozen water containing low concentrations of dissolved salts and other total dissolved solids. The term excludes seawater and brackish water, but it does include non-salty mi ...

yellow-green algae Yellow-green algae or the Xanthophyceae (xanthophytes) are an important group of heterokont algae. Most live in fresh water, but some are found in marine and soil habitats. They vary from single-celled flagellates to simple colonial and filamento ...

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for the genus is the species '' Tribonema bombycina'' ( C.Agardh) Derbès & Solier. Species recorded from Ireland include: ''Tribonema affine'' (G.S.West) G.S. West; ''T. minus'' (G.A. Klebs) Hazen and ''T. viride'' Pascher.Guiry, M.D., John, D.M., Rindi, F and McCarthy, T.K. (ed) 2007. ''New Survey of Clare Island. Volume 6: The Freshwater and Terrestrial Algae.'' Royal Irish Academy.

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Ochrophyte genera Xanthophyceae {{heterokont-stub