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Rhizoclonium

Algal factsheet: Rhizoclonium (Cladophoraceae)

Rhizoclonium, Auckland Botanic Gardens
Rhizoclonium, X640

Diagnostic features

Filamentous chlorophyte, usually unbranched but may be sparsely branched (cf. its close relative Cladophora, which is many-branched). Cells are large, long and cylindrical, each with a single, netlike green chloroplast with several pyrenoids.

Typical habitats

Common in unshaded stony streams and rivers during summer low flows

Classification

Kingdom	Plantae
Phylum	Chlorophyta
Class	Ulvophyceae
Order	Cladophorales
Family	Cladophoraceae
Common name	Green algae