A family of freshwater green algae consisting of single-celled or colonial organisms with distinctive disc-shaped or cup-shaped structures.
Scientific taxonomy name formed from 'Coleochaete' (the primary genus) plus '-aceae' (the standard Latin suffix for plant and algae families).
Coleochaetaceae members have been studied intensively because they may represent an evolutionary link between simple algae and the first land plants—their fossils are clues to how life moved from water to land!
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