#spirogyra freshwater algae consisting of minute filaments containing spiral chlorophyll bands
supertype: #green_algae__greenalgae__chlorophyte algae that are clear green in color; often growing on wet ricks or damp wood or the surface of stagnant water
member of: #genus_Spirogyra a genus of protoctista
member of: #family_Zygnemataceae__Zygnemataceae pond scums: common freshwater algae forming green slimy masses
member of: #order_Zygnematales__Zygnematales__Zygnemales__order_Zygnemales pond scums; desmids
member of: #class_Chlorophyceae__Chlorophyceae algae distinguished chiefly by having flagella and a clear green color, their chlorophyll being masked little if at all by other pigments
member of: #division_Chlorophyta__Chlorophyta large division of chiefly freshwater eukaryotic algae that possess chlorophyll a and b, store food as starch, and cellulose cell walls; classes Chlorophyceae, Ulvophyceae, and Charophyceae; obviously ancestral to land plants
member of: #kingdom_Protoctista__Protoctista in most modern classifications, replacement for the Protista; includes: Protozoa; Euglenophyta; Chlorophyta; Cryptophyta; Heterokontophyta; Rhodophyta; unicellular protists and their descendant multicellular organisms: regarded as distinct from plants and animals
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