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Protosiphon

Protosiphon is a genus of green algae in the class Chlorophyceae.

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Protosiphon
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Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Chlorophyta
Class: Chlorophyceae
Order: Chlamydomonadales
Family: Protosiphonaceae
Genus: Protosiphon
Klebs, 18861
Species1
  • P. botryoides Klebs, 1896
  • P. cinnamomeus (Menegh) Drouet & Daily, 1948

Protosiphon is a genus of green algae in the class Chlorophyceae.1

This is one of the few algae that do not go through fragmentation.

References

References

  1. Guiry, M.D.; Guiry, G.M. "Protosiphon". AlgaeBase. University of Galway. Retrieved 2022-02-24.
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