Klebsormidium P.C.Silva, Mattox et Blackwell
(a genus of filamentous charaphycean algae)

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Taxonomic hierarchy:
GenusKlebsormidium (a genus of filamentous charaphycean algae)
FamilyKLEBSORMIDIACEAE (a family of filamentous charaphycean algae)
OrderKLEBSORMIDIALES (an order of filamentous charaphycean algae)
ClassKLEBSORMIDIOPHYCEAE (a class of algae)
PhylumCHAROPHYTA (stoneworts, desmids, charaphytes etc, charophytes)
SubkingdomVIRIDIPLANTAE (lower green plants)
KingdomPLANTAE (plants)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)

Klebsormidium (a genus of filamentous charaphycean algae) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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A common genus forming wefts of very fine green filaments in freshwater. It shares the H-shaped cell walls with Ulothrix, but may be distinguished by the parietal chloroplast being unlobed and encircling no more than 80% of the cell, so that the cells often look half empty.

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