Nitella pseudoflabellata

Nitella pseudoflabellata is a species of algae native to southwestern Australia] and New Zealand.

Description
Nitella pseudoflabellata is a species of algae that belongs to the genus Nitella. Its appearance is similar to many other Nitella species.

Range
Nitella pseudoflabellata is mostly located in coastal areas of Australia and New Zealand, although some instances of the species have been recorded in China, the Indian state of Tamil Nadu, Thailand and Japan.

Habitat
It is endemic to freshwater deposits in inland regions and wetlands.

Etymology
The pseudo- prefix means not genuine/false, while the -flabellata suffix in Latin is an inflection of flabellatus, meaning fan-shaped.

Taxonomy
Nitella pseudoflabellata belongs to the Characeae family.