Ulvaceae | |
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Ulva lactuca | |
Scientific classification | |
Clade: | Viridiplantae |
Division: | Chlorophyta |
Class: | Ulvophyceae |
Order: | Ulvales |
Family: | Ulvaceae (J.V.Lamour.) Dumort. (1822) |
Genera | |
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Ulvaceae (/əlˈveɪsi.iː, -ˌaɪ/) is a widely distributed family of thin green algae characterized by a flat or a hollow tubular thallus, reproducing via conjugation of planogametes or zoospores, and classified within the orders Ulotrichales or, more commonly, Ulvales.[1]