| Ulvaceae | |
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| Ulva lactuca | |
Scientific classification 
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| Clade: | Viridiplantae |
| Division: | Chlorophyta |
| Class: | Ulvophyceae |
| Order: | Ulvales |
| Family: | Ulvaceae (J.V.Lamour.) Dumort. (1822) |
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Ulvaceae (/əlˈveɪsi.iː, -ˌaɪ/) is a widely distributed family of thin green algae characterized by a flat or a hollow tubular thallus, reproducing via conjugation of planogametes or zoospores, and classified within the orders Ulotrichales or, more commonly, Ulvales.[1]
- ^ "Ulvaceae". Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary. Merriam-Webster. Retrieved 2021-02-05.