ABSTRACT

Phylum: Chlorophyta Class: Ulvophyceae Order: Cladophorales Family: Cladophoraceae Distribution: Europe, Central America, Southwest Asia, Central Asia, Australia,

New Zealand, Pacific Islands Habitat: Freshwater, brackish water, and marine habitats Description: In this unbranched, filamentous species, rhizoids are rare or

absent. The cells (250 × 40 µm) of the filaments are thin walled and cylindrical and are with thick and stratified walls occasionally. The parietal chloroplasts are net-like with several pyrenoids.