{{Short description|Family of algae}} {{Automatic taxobox | image = Atlas deutscher Meeresalgen (Taf. 25) (6358285809).jpg | image_caption = ''Ulvella scutata'' | taxon = Ulvellaceae | authority = Schmidle | subdivision_ranks = Genera | subdivision = * ''Acrochaete'' * ''Endoderma'' * ''Entocladia'' * ''Entoderma'' * ''Epicladia'' * ''Pringsheimiella'' * ''Pseudopringsheimia'' * ''Syncoryne'' * ''Trichothyra'' * ''Ulvella'' }}
'''Ulvellaceae''' is a family of green algae in the order Ulvales.<ref>See the NCBI [https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Taxonomy/Browser/wwwtax.cgi?mode=Info&id=35455 webpage on Ulvellaceae]. Data extracted from the {{cite web | url=https://ftp.ncbi.nih.gov/pub/taxonomy/ | title=NCBI taxonomy resources | publisher=National Center for Biotechnology Information | access-date=2007-03-19}}</ref>
Ulvellaceae consists of macroscopic and macroscopic algae that are usually attached to a substrate, occasionally free-living. They form branched filaments or pseudoparenchymatous masses. Cells contain a single nucleus and a single parietal chloroplast with one to several pyrenoids. Both asexual and sexual reproduction have been observed in representatives of Ulvellaceae.<ref name=Skaloud>{{cite book | last1 = Škaloud | first1 = Pavel | last2 = Rindi | first2 = Fabio | last3 = Boedeker | first3 = Christian | last4 = Leliaert | first4 = Frederik | title = Chlorophyta: Ulvophyceae | series = Süßwasserflora von Mitteleuropa | volume = 13 | publisher = Springer Spektrum | location = Berlin, Germany | year = 2018 | isbn = 978-3-662-55494-4 | doi = 10.1007/978-3-662-55495-1 | url = https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-662-55495-1 | pages=i-x, 1–289 }}</ref>
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