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Green Algae
Chlorophyta
Coleochaete spp.

Coleochaete spp.

Profiles: Attached branched filaments - may be entirely prostrate.

Epiphytic - C. divergens (Nitella or submerged plants or decaying fragments), C. irregularis (soft or acid waters, on large filamentous algae or other vegetation), C. orbicularis (submerged plant stems and leaves and shells), C. pulvinata (larger algae and submerged stems), C. scutata (plant stems, shells, glass, etc), C. soluta (submerged stems and decaying vegetation)

Endophytic - C. nitellarum (within the memberanes of Nitella and Chara)

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