Pithophora

Pithophora
Scientific classification
(unranked):Viridiplantae
Class:Ulvophyceae
Order:Cladophorales
Family:Pithophoraceae
Genus:Pithophora
Wittrock
Species
  • P. sp. Kamigori
  • P. sp. Sano
  • P. sp. Singu

Pithophora is a genus of green algae in the family Pithophoraceae.[1]

This kind of filamentous algae has a coarse texture to it hence often referred to as "horse hair" .

References

  1. ↑ See the NCBI webpage on Pithophora. Data extracted from the "NCBI taxonomy resources". National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved 2007-03-19.


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