Overview
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Chordariales is an in the Phylum Phaeophyta or Brown algae. Member of this order 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 usuallay aggregated to form a pseudo parenchyma. 1]
As their general name suggests their pigmentation is brown.
Taxonomy
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The Order Chordariales is further organized into finer groupings including:
- Family (11): Acrotrichaceae · Chordariaceae · Chordariopsidaceae · Elachistaceae · Ishigeaceae · Leathesiaceae · Myrionemataceae · Notheiaceae · Ralfsiaceae · Spermatochnaceae · Splachnidiaceae
- Species: ZipcodeZoo has pages for 330 species and subspecies in the Order Chordariales.
Families
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Acrotrichaceae
Chordariaceae
Chordariopsidaceae
Elachistaceae
Ishigeaceae
Leathesiaceae
Myrionemataceae
Notheiaceae
Ralfsiaceae
Spermatochnaceae
Splachnidiaceae
More info about the Family Splachnidiaceae may be found here.
References
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- ^ Pound F.E. 1962 “The Biology of the Algae” Edward Arnold Ltd.
Sources
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