Coleochaetophyceae

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Divisio: Charophyta
Classis: Coleochaetophyceae
Ordo: Coleochaetales
Name

Coleochaetophyceae Doweld, Prosyllabus Tracheoph.: lxxiv. 2001.
References

Doweld, A.B. 2001. Prosyllabus Tracheophytorum. Tentamen systematis plantarum vascularium (Tracheophyta) [Prosyllabus Tracheophytorum. Опыт системы сосудистых растений]. LXXX + 110 pp. Moscow: Geos. ISBN 5-89118-283-1. Фундаментальная электронная библиотека «Флора и фауна» DJVU Google Books Open access Reference page.
Cook, M.E., Graham, L.E. (2016). Chlorokybophyceae, Klebsormidiophyceae, Coleochaetophyceae. In: Archibald, J.M., Simpson, A.G.B., Slamovits, C. (Eds.). Handbook of the Protists. Springer, pp. 1-20. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-32669-6_36-1

Coleochaetophyceae is a class of charophyte algae related to land plants (only Zygnematophyceae is closer).[2] There are about 35 known species, and are predominantly found in freshwater where they live periphytic on the surface of aquatic plants, plastic bags and pebbles in the shallow littoral zone of freshwater lakes.[3][4] These are small (<200 μm) disc-shaped or filamentous species, and have true multicellular organisation with sexual and asexual reproduction. The discs never develop beyond a two-dimensional organization.[5] Their mitogenome is the most intron rich organelle among the streptophyte algae.[6]
References

Guiry, M.D.; Guiry, G.M. "Coleochaetophyceae". AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway.
Donoghue, P.; Paps, J. (2020). "Plant Evolution: Assembling Land Plants". Current Biology. 30 (2): R81–R83. Bibcode:2020CBio...30..R81D. doi:10.1016/j.cub.2019.11.084. PMID 31962083.
Biology of Algae, Lichens and Bryophytes
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Monique Turmel, Christian Otis & Claude Lemieux (2019) Complete mitogenome of the streptophyte green alga Coleochaete scutata (Coleochaetophyceae), Mitochondrial DNA Part B, 4:2, 4209-4210