''Zygomitus'' is a
genus
Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...
of
green algae
The green algae (: green alga) are a group of chlorophyll-containing autotrophic eukaryotes consisting of the phylum Prasinodermophyta and its unnamed sister group that contains the Chlorophyta and Charophyta/ Streptophyta. The land plants ...
in the family
Chaetophoraceae
Chaetophoraceae is a family (biology), family of green algae in the order Chaetophorales.
Members of the family are variously semi-terrestrial to aquatic in habitat, and consist of branched filaments in two parts, a prostrate system of filaments ...
. It contains the single species ''Zygomitus reticulatus''.
References
Chaetophorales genera
Chaetophoraceae
Taxa named by Jean-Baptiste Édouard Bornet
Monotypic algae genera
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