Trichophilus
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| Trichophilus | |
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| Trichophilus welckeri | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Division: | Chlorophyta |
| Class: | Ulvophyceae |
| Order: | incertae sedis |
| Family: | incertae sedis |
| Genus: | Trichophilus Weber-van Bosse, 1887[1] |
| Type species | |
| Trichophilus welckeri | |
| Species[1] | |
Trichophilus is a genus of green algae.[1] Trichophilus welckeri is found growing in the fur of certain sloth species and is believed to provide them with camouflage.[2]
Trichophilus consists of prostrate filaments of cells. Filaments are one or multiple cells wide, dividing irregularly to form short branches, and are crowded and parenchyma-like (pseudoparenchymatous). Cells have thick walls and each contains a parietal chloroplast with an obscured pyrenoid. Trichophilus reproduces via zoospores of two sizes, each with four flagella.[3]
