Pithophora

Pithophora is a genus of green algae in the family Pithophoraceae.[1]

Pithophora
Pithophora roettleri
Scientific classification Edit this classification
(unranked): Viridiplantae
Division: Chlorophyta
Class: Ulvophyceae
Order: Cladophorales
Family: Pithophoraceae
Genus: Pithophora
Wittrock
Species
  • P. sp. Kamigori
  • P. sp. Sano
  • P. sp. Singu

This kind of filamentous algae has a coarse texture to it hence often referred to as "horse hair".

References
  1. See the NCBI webpage on Pithophora. Data extracted from the "NCBI taxonomy resources". National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved 2007-03-19.


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