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{{Short description|Genus of algae}} |
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| image = Trichophilus welckeri in Coupin, Album général des Cryptogames, Pl. 78.jpg |
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| image_caption = ''Trichophilus welckeri'' |
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| taxon = Trichophilus |
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| authority = Weber-van Bosse, 1887<ref name=AB_g7012/> |
| authority = Weber-van Bosse, 1887<ref name=AB_g7012/> |
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Revision as of 15:17, 19 December 2023
| Trichophilus | |
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| Trichophilus welckeri | |
Scientific classification 
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| (unranked): | Viridiplantae |
| Division: | Chlorophyta |
| Class: | Ulvophyceae |
| Order: | incertae sedis |
| Family: | incertae sedis |
| Genus: | Trichophilus Weber-van Bosse, 1887[1] |
| Type species | |
| Trichophilus welckeri | |
| Species[1] | |
Trichophilus is a genus of green algae.[1] Trichophilus welckeri is found growing in the fur of certain sloth species and is believed to provide them with camouflage.[2]
References
- ^ a b c Guiry, M.D.; Guiry, G.M. "Trichophilus". AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. Retrieved 2022-02-28.
- ^ Suutari, Milla; Majaneva, Markus; Fewer, David P.; Voirin, Bryson; Aiello, Annette; Friedl, Thomas; Chiarello, Adriano G.; Blomster, Jaanika (30 March 2010). "Molecular evidence for a diverse green algal community growing in the hair of sloths and a specific association with Trichophilus welckeri (Chlorophyta, Ulvophyceae)". BMC Evolutionary Biology. 10 (1): 86. doi:10.1186/1471-2148-10-86. ISSN 1471-2148. PMID 20353556.
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