The Dasycladaceae is one of the two extant

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of green algae of the order

Dasycladales Dasycladales is an order of large unicellular green algae in the class Ulvophyceae. It contains two families, the Dasycladaceae and the Polyphysaceae. These single celled algae are from 2 mm to 200 mm long. They live on substrates ...

. When found in Palaeozoic limestones, they typically indicate depositional depth of less than 5m.See the

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Genera

* †'' Acicularia'' * †'' Acroporella'' * '' Amicus'' * '' Anatolipora'' * '' Andrusoporella'' * '' Anfractuosoporella'' * †'' Anisoporella'' * †'' Anthracoporella'' * †'' Archaeocladus'' * †'' Atractyliopsis'' * '' Batophora'' * †'' Beresella'' * '' Bornetella'' * †'' Chinianella'' * '' Chloroclados'' * †'' Clavapora'' * †'' Clavaporella'' * '' Connexia'' * '' Cylindroporella'' * '' Cymopolia'' * '' Dasycladus'' * '' Dissocladella'' * †'' Dvinella'' * †'' Endoina'' * †'' Eoclypeina'' * '' Eogoniolina'' * †'' Eovelebitella'' * †'' Epimastopora'' * †'' Euteutloporella'' * †'' Favoporella'' * †'' Fourcadella'' * †'' Genotella'' * †'' Goniolinopsis'' * †'' Gyroporella'' * '' Halicoryne'' * '' Holosporella'' * †'' Imperiella'' * †'' Kantia'' * †'' Kochanskyella'' * †'' Lacrymorphus'' * †'' Macroporella'' * †'' Mizzia'' * †'' Nanjinoporella'' * '' Neomeris'' * †'' Oligoporella'' * †'' Ollaria'' * †'' Pentaporella'' * †'' Permopora'' * †'' Placklesia'' * †'' Salpingoporella'' * †'' Teutloporella'' * †'' Thailandoporella'' * †'' Uragiella'' * †'' Uragiellopsis'' * †'' Uraloporella'' * †'' Velomorpha'' * †'' Vermiporella'' * †'' Xainzanella'' * †'' Zaporella''

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Green algae families Taxa named by Friedrich Traugott Kützing {{Ulvophyceae-stub