(These are both examples of Spirogyra)These amazing creatures are normally are around 10-100 filaments wide.
They are the floating green masses that are slimy to touch.
The single cells are arraned end to end and form long threads (filaments). The spirally arranged ribbonlike plastids aredistinctive. They are normally used as an example of filementous algae in texts.
Classification: Kingdom- Protoctista, Phylum- Gamophyta
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