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
Haeckel Siphoneae
Green algae on coastal rocks at Shihtiping in Taiwan
The green algae are a group of chlorophyll-containing autotrophic algae consisting of the phylum Prasinodermophyta and its unnamed sister group that contains the Chlorophyta and Charophyta/Streptophyt
Chlorophyta
…Chlorophyta or chlorophytes is a major division of green algae, and is sister taxon to the other major division Charophyta (a paraphyletic group of predominantly freshwater green algae, which form the monophyletic…
A growth of the green seaweed Ulva on rock substratum at the ocean shore; some green seaweeds like Ulva are quick to utilize inorganic nutrients from land runoff, and thus can be indicators of nutrient pollution