Coleochaetophyceae

Coleochaetophyceae is a class of charophyte algae related to land plants. 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. These are small disc-shaped or filamentous species, and have true multicellular organisation with sexual and asexual reproduction. The discs never develop beyond a two-dimensional organization. Their mitogenome is the most intron rich organelle among the streptophyte algae.
The group contain two orders, Coleochaetales and Chaetosphaeridiales.