Vaucheria DC.
(a genus of filamentous yellow-green algae)

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Taxonomic hierarchy:
GenusVaucheria (a genus of filamentous yellow-green algae)
FamilyVAUCHERIACEAE (a family of chromists)
OrderVAUCHERIALES (an order of yellow-green algae)
ClassXANTHOPHYCEAE (yellow-green algae)
SubphylumPHAEISTA (a subphylum of chromists)
PhylumOCHROPHYTA (a phylum of chromists)
KingdomCHROMISTA (algae)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Entwisle, T.J. 1988 *** A Monograph of Vaucheria (Vaucheriaceae, Chrysophyta) in South-eastern Mainland Australia. ***(Superseded) Australian Systematic Botany Vol 1(1): 1-77.

Brackish Water Species

Christensen, T. 1987 Tribophyceae (Xanthophyceae) Seaweeds of the British Isles, Vol 4, 36pp, Natural History Museum Publications

Marine Species

Christensen, T. 1987 Tribophyceae (Xanthophyceae) Seaweeds of the British Isles, Vol 4, 36pp, Natural History Museum Publications

Vaucheria (a genus of filamentous yellow-green algae) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Vaucheria (a genus of filamentous yellow-green algae)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 17 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Vaucheria (a genus of filamentous yellow-green algae)

Roy Merritt has been very helpful with Vaucheria and its galls, generously supplying named samples from his cultures. My role has been largely photographic.

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