Cladophora
Cladophora is a genus of reticulated filamentous Ulvophyceae (green algae). The genus Cladophora contains many species that are very hard to tell apart and classify, mainly because of the great variation in their appearances, which is affected by habitat, age and environmental conditions. Unlike Spirogyra the filaments of Cladophora branch and it doesn't undergo conjugation. There are two multicellular stages in its life cycle - a haploid gametophyte and a diploid sporophyte - which look highly...
55 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Cladophora glomerata
speciesCladophora glomerata
Green pin-cushion alga
speciesCladophora columbiana
Marimo moss balls
speciesCladophora aegagropila
Cladophora rupestris
speciesCladophora rupestris
Cladophora herpestica
speciesCladophora herpestica
Cladophora fuliginosa
speciesCladophora fuliginosa
Graceful green hair
speciesCladophora sericea
Cladophora prolifera
speciesCladophora prolifera
Cladophora albida
speciesCladophora albida
Cape cladophora
speciesCladophora capensis
Cladophora graminea
speciesCladophora graminea
Cladophora flagelliformis
speciesCladophora flagelliformis
Cladophora laetevirens
speciesCladophora laetevirens
Cladophora fracta
speciesCladophora fracta
Cladophora catenata
speciesCladophora catenata
Cladophora microcladioides
speciesCladophora microcladioides
Cladophora coelothrix
speciesCladophora coelothrix
Cladophora liebetruthii
speciesCladophora liebetruthii
Cladophora contexta
speciesCladophora contexta
Cladophora vadorum
speciesCladophora vadorum
Cladophora stimpsonii
speciesCladophora stimpsonii
Cladophora flexuosa
speciesCladophora flexuosa
Green strands
speciesCladophora hutchinsioides
Cladophora hutchinsiae
speciesCladophora hutchinsiae
Cladophora radiosa
speciesCladophora radiosa
Cladophora conchopheria
speciesCladophora conchopheria
Cladophora liniformis
speciesCladophora liniformis
Cladophora rivularis
speciesCladophora rivularis
Cladophora kutzingianum
speciesCladophora kutzingianum
Cladophora vagabunda
speciesCladophora vagabunda
Cladophora dalmatica
speciesCladophora dalmatica
Cladophora globulina
speciesCladophora globulina
Cladophora pseudobainesii
speciesCladophora pseudobainesii
Cladophora laetivirens
speciesCladophora laetivirens
Cladophora crinalis
speciesCladophora crinalis
Cladophora montagneana
speciesCladophora montagneana
Cladophora valonioides
speciesCladophora valonioides
Cladophora hawaiiana
speciesCladophora hawaiiana
Cladophora aegagropiloidea
speciesCladophora aegagropiloidea
Cladophora crystallina
speciesCladophora crystallina
Cladophora perpusilla
speciesCladophora perpusilla
Cladophora lehmanniana
speciesCladophora lehmanniana
Cladophora scopiformis
speciesCladophora scopiformis
Cladophora lanosa
speciesCladophora lanosa
Cladophora pygmaea
speciesCladophora pygmaea
Cladophora aegagrophila
speciesCladophora aegagrophila
Cladophora crystalina
speciesCladophora crystalina
Cladophora refracta
speciesCladophora refracta
Cladophora pachyderma
speciesCladophora pachyderma
Cladophora conferta
speciesCladophora conferta
Cladophora pachyliebetruthii
speciesCladophora pachyliebetruthii
Cladophora morrisiae
speciesCladophora morrisiae
Cladophora falklandica
speciesCladophora falklandica
Cladophora siwaschensis
speciesCladophora siwaschensis
Cladophora echinus
speciesCladophora echinus
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 53707.