Trichophilus
Genus of algae
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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 | |
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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] | |
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