Chlorophycean green algae
Chlorophyceae
The Chlorophyceae are one of the classes of green algae, distinguished mainly on the basis of ultrastructural morphology. For example, the chlorophycean CW clade, and chlorophycean DO clade, are defined by the arrangement of their flagella. Members of the CW clade have flagella that are displaced in a "clockwise" (CW, 1–7 o'clock) direction e.g. Chlamydomonadales. Members of the DO clade have flagella that are "directly opposed" (DO, 12–6 o'clock) e.g. Sphaeropleales. They are usually green due...
8 branches of this class, most-observed first
Sphaeropleales
orderSphaeropleales
Chlamydomonadales
orderChlamydomonadales
Oedogoniales
orderOedogoniales
Chaetophorales
orderChaetophorales
Tetrasporales
orderTetrasporales
Chaetopeltidales
orderChaetopeltidales
Tetracystaceae
familyTetracystaceae
Lobocystis
genusLobocystis
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the stacks
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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 59713.