Chaetophoraceae is a family of green algae in the order Chaetophorales.
Members of the family are variously semi-terrestrial to aquatic in habitat, and consist of branched filaments in two parts, a prostrate system of filaments and an erect system of filaments. During germination, the zoospore is erect and divides parallel to the substrate. The prostrate system develops from successive divisions of the original zoospore cell, and consists of filaments with square cells attached to the surface, or long thin rhizoids which penetrate the surface. The erect system consists of one, two or several erect branched filaments, sometimes terminating in long hairs.
Genera
Arthrochaete Caespitella Cedercreutziella Chaetomnion Chaetonemopsis Chaetophora Chaetophoropsis Chloroclonium Chlorotylium Choreoclonium Crenacantha Diaphragma Didymosporangium Draparnaldia Draparnaldioides Elaterodiscus Endoclonium Endophyton Entodictyon Epibolium Gloeoplax Gongrosira Gongrosirella Hormotila Hydraeophycus Ireksokonia Iwanoffia Jaagiella Klebahniella Kymatotrichon Leptosiropsis Lochmiopsis Myxonema Myxonemopsis Nayalia Periplegmatium Pilinella Pleurangium Pleurococcus Pseudochaete Skvortzoviothrix Sporocladopsis Stigeoclonium Streptochlora Thamniochloris Thamniolum Trichodiscus Tumulofilum Uvulifera Zoddaea Zygomitus
Formerly included genera Cloniophora Trichophilus
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