Algal factsheet: Chroodactylon (Stylonemataceae)
Diagnostic features
Filamentous rhodophyte with roughly square or rectangular cells loosely aligned in branching mucilaginous tubes. The cells are usually blue-green in colour. On close inspection the star-shaped blue-green chloroplast can be seen, with a large pyrenoid in the centre.Typical habitats
Our records are mostly from good quality streams and riversClassification
| Kingdom | Plantae |
|---|---|
| Phylum | Rhodophyta |
| Subphylum | Rhodophytina |
| Class | Stylonematophyceae |
| Order | Stylonematales |
| Family | Stylonemataceae |
| Common name | Red algae |