Chlamydomonas is a genus of green algae consisting of about 150 species of unicellular flagellates, found in stagnant water and on damp soil, in freshwater, seawater, and even in snow as "snow algae".
Chlamydomonas
Drawings of Chlamydomonas caudata Wille.
Light micrograph of Chlamydomonas with two flagella just visible at bottom left
Chlamydomonas globosa, again with two flagella just visible at bottom left
Chlorophyta or chlorophytes is a major division of green algae, and is sister taxon to the other major division Charophyta as well as the proposed basal clade Prasinodermophyta, together with whom the
Chlamydomonas
…SEM image of flagellated Chlamydomonas (10,000×) Scientific classification Domain: Eukaryota Clade: Archaeplastida Clade: Viridiplantae Division: Chlorophyta Class: Chlorophyceae Order: Chlamydomonadales Family: Chlamydomonadaceae Genus: Chlamydomonas Ehrenb. Species See text Drawings of Chlamydomonas caudata…
Green algae on coastal rocks at Shihtiping in Taiwan
Tetraselmis suecica (Chlorodendrophyceae)
Volvox aureus (Chlorophyceae)