Trichophilus

Trichophilus is a genus of green algae.^[1] Trichophilus welckeri is found growing in the fur of certain sloth species and is believed to provide them with camouflage.^[2]

Trichophilus
Trichophilus welckeri
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Division:	Chlorophyta
Class:	Ulvophyceae
Order:	incertae sedis
Family:	incertae sedis
Genus:	Trichophilus Weber-van Bosse, 1887[1]
Type species
Trichophilus welckeri
Species[1]
Trichophilus neniae Trichophilus welckeri