Coelastraceae

Coelastraceae
Coelastrum microporum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Division:	Chlorophyta
Class:	Chlorophyceae
Order:	Chlorococcales
Family:	Coelastraceae
Species
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Coelastraceae is a family of green algae in the order Chlorococcales. Colonial algae usually arranged 3 dimensionally in spherical to loosely spherical shapes. Individual cells connected to each other via cell wall extensions. Cells usually in an even number arrangement. Chloroplasts plate-like with 1 pyrenoid. Name derived from coelom, in reference to the cavity created inside the sphere. Nonmotile.

Genus and species in this family include:

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