Chorda
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Chorda | |
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Scientific classification | |
Clade: | SAR |
Phylum: | Ochrophyta |
Class: | Phaeophyceae |
Order: | Laminariales |
Family: | Chordaceae Dumortier, 1822 |
Genus: | Chorda Stackhouse, 1797 |
Species | |
Chorda is a genus of thalloid brown algae including two species. It is the only genus in the family Chordaceae. Its members are known by a number of common names including: mermaid's fishing line, tsurumo, ruálach, doruithe briain, sea laces, mermaids line, roccálach, ruadhálach, gemeine meersaite, bootlace weed, seatwine, zottige meersaite, dead men's ropes, mermaid's tresses, cat gut and sea lace.[1]
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The valid species currently considered to belong to this genus are:
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