Chlorophyceae
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The Chlorophyceae are one of the classes of green algae, distinguished mainly on the basis of ultrastructural morphology.[2] They are usually green due to the dominance of pigments chlorophyll a and chlorophyll b. The chloroplast may be discoid, plate-like, reticulate, cup-shaped, spiral- or ribbon-shaped in different species. Most of the members have one or more storage bodies called pyrenoids located in the chloroplast. Pyrenoids contain protein besides starch. Some green algae may store food in the form of oil droplets. They usually have a cell wall made up of an inner layer of cellulose and outer layer of pectose.
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Chlorophyceae | |
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Scientific classification | |
(unranked): | Viridiplantae |
Division: | Chlorophyta |
Subphylum: | Chlorophytina |
Class: | Chlorophyceae Wille in Warming, 1884[1] |
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