Sphaerodictyaceae | |
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Scientific classification
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(unranked): | Viridiplantae |
Division: | Chlorophyta |
Class: | Chlorophyceae |
Order: | Chlamydomonadales |
Family: |
Sphaerodictyaceae C.-C. Jao 1978 |
Genera [1] | |
Sphaerodictyaceae is a family of green algae, in the order Chlamydomonadales. [1]
The algae are colonial, freshwater phytoplankton. Cells are spherical, fusiform, or pyramidal, regularly dispersed in a gelatinous matrix with a shape characteristic of the genus. Reproduction occurs by the formation of autospores. [2]