Dictyosphaeriaceae is a family of
green algae
The green algae (singular: green alga) are a group consisting of the Prasinodermophyta and its unnamed sister which contains the Chlorophyta and Charophyta/Streptophyta. The land plants (Embryophytes) have emerged deep in the Charophyte alga as ...
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AlgaeBase places two genera in the family:
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Dactylosphaerium
''Dactylosphaerium'' is a genus of green algae
The green algae (singular: green alga) are a group consisting of the Prasinodermophyta and its unnamed sister which contains the Chlorophyta and Charophyta/Streptophyta. The land plants (Embryop ...
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Dimorphococcopsis
''Dimorphococcopsis'' is a genus of green algae
The green algae (singular: green alga) are a group consisting of the Prasinodermophyta and its unnamed sister which contains the Chlorophyta and Charophyta/Streptophyta. The land plants (Embryo ...
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Dictyosphaeria
''Dictyosphaeria'' is a genus of green algae (class Ulvophyceae) in the family Siphonocladaceae.
Taxonomy and nomenclature
The genus ''Dictyosphaeria'' belongs to the order of Cladophorales and family Siphonocladaceae. It comprises a total o ...
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Members of the family can reproduce either asexually by use of an autospore, or sexually by fertilization of an egg by sperm. They form colonies which have a gelatinous coating. The four (or more?) daughter cells connect via filaments derived from the cell wall of the mother cell. The cell body is elliptical, spherical, or heart shaped. It has a single chloroplast which is plate-like or cup-shaped and contains a pyrenoid.
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References
Trebouxiophyceae
Chlorophyceae families
Enigmatic algae taxa
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