Streptochlora
Genus of algae
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Streptochlora is a genus of green algae in the family Chaetophoraceae. It includes the sole species Streptochlora moniliformis.[1]
| Streptochlora | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Division: | Chlorophyta |
| Class: | Chlorophyceae |
| Order: | Chaetophorales |
| Family: | Chaetophoraceae |
| Genus: | Streptochlora J.B.Petersen & J.B.Hansen, 1960 |
| Species: | S. moniliformis |
| Binomial name | |
| Streptochlora moniliformis J.B.Petersen & J.B.Hansen[1] | |
The genus is little-known and has been recorded only once from the surface film of a lake in Denmark. It might be a germination stage of Leptosira or Gloeoplax.[1]
