Polytoma ulvella Ehrenb.
(an alga)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesPolytoma ulvella (an alga)
FamilyCHLAMYDOMONADACEAE (a family of algae)
OrderVOLVOCALES (an order of algae)
ClassCHLOROPHYCEAE (a class of green algae)
PhylumCHLOROPHYTA (green algae)
SubkingdomVIRIDIPLANTAE (lower green plants)
KingdomPLANTAE (plants)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Belcher, H. & Swale, E. 2002 Uncommon Cambridgeshire freshwater algae (Polytoma, Hyalobrachion, Collodictyon, Chroodactylon and Porphyridium) and common but rarely recorded purple sulphur bacteria Nature in Cambridgeshire Vol 44: 33-36.

Polytoma ulvella (an alga) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Polytoma ulvella (an alga)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 0 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Polytoma ulvella (an alga)
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