Ulvellaceae

Ulvellaceae
Ulvella scutata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Supergroup: Archaeplastida
Clade: Viridiplantae
Division: Chlorophyta
Class: Ulvophyceae
Order: Ulvales
Family: Ulvellaceae
Schmidle
Genera

Ulvellaceae is a family of green algae in the order Ulvales.

Ulvellaceae consists of macroscopic and macroscopic algae that are usually attached to a substrate, occasionally free-living. They form branched filaments or pseudoparenchymatous masses. Cells contain a single nucleus and a single parietal chloroplast with one to several pyrenoids. Both asexual and sexual reproduction have been observed in representatives of Ulvellaceae.

References

  1. ↑ See the NCBI webpage on Ulvellaceae. Data extracted from the "NCBI taxonomy resources". National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved 2007-03-19.
  2. ↑ Škaloud, Pavel; Rindi, Fabio; Boedeker, Christian; Leliaert, Frederik (2018). Chlorophyta: Ulvophyceae. Süßwasserflora von Mitteleuropa. Vol. 13. Berlin, Germany: Springer Spektrum. pp. i–x, 1–289. doi:10.1007/978-3-662-55495-1. ISBN 978-3-662-55494-4.