Pithophora

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

Pithophora
Scientific classification
Phylum: 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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