Chaetomorpha melagonium

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Chaetomorpha melagonium
Detail of a strand of Chaetomorpha melagonium dried in an herbarium
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Clade: Viridiplantae
Division: Chlorophyta
Class: Ulvophyceae
Order: Cladophorales
Family: Cladophoraceae
Genus: Chaetomorpha
Species:
C. melagonium
Binomial name
Chaetomorpha melagonium

Chaetomorpha melagonium is a species of green algae of the family Cladophoraceae.

There is confusion as to whether there are two forms of this species - one attached and one unattached.[1]

The attached form is unbranched growing solitary or in a small group to 60 cm long. The filaments are attached at the base and are stiff and straight. In colour they are dark green with a glaucus sheen.[1] Remarkably rigid and wiry.[2] The cells are so large they can be seen with naked eye.[3]

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