Species

Cladophora columbiana (Green pin-cushion alga)

Cladophora columbiana. Photo: (c) Paul Engelmeyer, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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Cladophora is a genus of reticulated filamentous Ulvophyceae (green algae). The genus Cladophora contains many species that are very hard to tell apart and classify, mainly because of the great variation in their appearances, which is affected by habitat, age and environmental conditions. Unlike Spirogyra the filaments of Cladophora branch and it doesn’t undergo conjugation. There are two multicellular stages in its life cycle - a haploid gametophyte and a diploid sporophyte - which look highly…

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