Polyphysaceae

Polyphysaceae
	Acetabularia sp.
Scientific classification
(unranked):	Viridiplantae
Division:	Chlorophyta
Class:	Ulvophyceae
Order:	Dasycladales
Family:	Polyphysaceae; Kützing[1]
Genera
	Acetabularia; Chalmasia; Clypeina; Ioanella; Parvocaulis; Pseudoclypeina;

The Polyphysaceae is a taxonomic family of green algae, one of three families in the order Dasycladales.[2] For single-celled organisms, they are huge, growing to nearly a foot long in some cases.

References

Kützing, 1843: 302, 311. Source publication: Silva PC (1980). "Names of classes and families of living algae: with special reference to their use in the Index Nominum Genericorum (Plantarum)". Regnum Vegetabile. 103: 1–156.
Guiry, MD; GM Guiry (2007). "AlgaeBase version 4.2 Taxonomy Browser". AlgaeBase. National University of Ireland, Galway. Retrieved 2007-09-22.

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[1] Kützing, 1843: 302, 311. Source publication: Silva PC (1980). "Names of classes and families of living algae: with special reference to their use in the Index Nominum Genericorum (Plantarum)". Regnum Vegetabile. 103: 1–156.

[2] Guiry, MD; GM Guiry (2007). "AlgaeBase version 4.2 Taxonomy Browser". AlgaeBase. National University of Ireland, Galway. Retrieved 2007-09-22.