Chordariaceae
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| Chordariaceae | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Chromalveolata |
| Division: | Heterokontophyta |
| Class: | Phaeophyceae |
| Order: | Ectocarpales |
| Family: | Chordariaceae |
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Chordaria |
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Chordariaceae is a family in the class Phaeophyceae (brown algae). Members of this family are may be filamentous, crustose with fused cells at the base or they may be terete and differentiated into a central medulla and an outer photosynthetic cortex. They have a sporphytic thallus usuallay aggregated to form a pseudo parenchyma.[1]
As their general name suggests their pigmentation is brown.
[edit] References
- ^ Pound F.E. 1962 “The Biology of the Algae” Edward Arnold Ltd.
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