Pithophora
Pithophora | |
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Scientific classification | |
(unranked): | Viridiplantae |
Phylum: | Chlorophyta |
Class: | Ulvophyceae |
Order: | Cladophorales |
Family: | Pithophoraceae |
Genus: | Pithophora Wittrock |
Species | |
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Pithophora is a genus of green algae in the family Pithophoraceae.[1]
This kind of filamentous algae has a coarse texture to it hence often referred to as "horse hair" .
References[]
- ^ See the NCBI webpage on Pithophora. Data extracted from the "NCBI taxonomy resources". National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved 2007-03-19.
External links[]
Categories:
- Cladophorales genera
- Pithophoraceae
- Ulvophyceae stubs