Kingdom Plantae Order Chlorococcales Higher classification Chlamydomonadales | Division Chlorophyta Scientific name Coelastraceae Rank Family | |
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Similar Chlorophyceae, Chlamydomonadales, Green algae, Coelastrum, Hydrodictyaceae | ||
Coelastraceae is a family of green algae in the order Chlorococcales. Colonial algae usually arranged 3 dimensionally in spherical to loosely spherical shapes. Individual cells connected to each other via cell wall extensions. Cells usually in an even number arrangement. Chloroplasts plate-like with 1 pyrenoid. Name derived from coelom, in reference to the cavity created inside the sphere. Nonmotile.
Genus and species in this family include:
References
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