Pithophora
Pithophora | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Viridiplantae |
Phylum: | Chlorophyta |
Class: | Ulvophyceae |
Order: | Cladophorales |
Family: | Cladophoraceae |
Genus: | Pithophora |
Species | |
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In taxonomy, Pithophora is a genus of green algae, specifically of the Cladophoraceae.[1]
This kind of filamentous algae has a coarse texture to it hence often referred to as "horse hair" .
References
- ↑ See the NCBI webpage on Pithophora. Data extracted from the "NCBI taxonomy resources". National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved 2007-03-19.
External links
Scientific references
- PubMed references for Pithophora
- PubMed Central references for Pithophora
- Google Scholar references for Pithophora
Scientific databases
- NCBI taxonomy page for Pithophora
- Search Tree of Life taxonomy pages for Pithophora
- Search Species2000 page for Pithophora
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