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Chordariaceae

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Chordariaceae is a family of brown algae. Members of this family are may be filamentous, crustose with fused cells at the base, or they may be terete and differentiated into a central medulla and an outer photosynthetic cortex. They have a sporphytic thallus usually aggregated to form a pseudo-parenchyma.[1]

Clade:Sar
Division:Ochrophyta
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Chordariaceae
Chordaria flagelliformis
Chordaria flagelliformis
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Domain: Eukaryota
Clade: Sar
Clade: Stramenopiles
Division: Ochrophyta
Class: Phaeophyceae
Order: Ectocarpales
Family: Chordariaceae
Greville, 1830
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As their general name suggests their pigmentation is brown.

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