Liverworts of this family are
dioecious plants which have creeping or upright forms. They are green, brown, reddish, or purplish in color. The leaves are alternately arranged and
succubous.
Oil bodies are rare. They reproduce sexually, or
vegetatively via
gemmae.[1]
Family Cephaloziaceae is frequently rearranged. For example,
genetic analysis suggests that genus Hygrobiella should be moved out of the family, and perhaps classified in a family of its own,[3] and microscopic analysis of the morphology of Trabacellula also suggests it should be separated and made into a new family.[4]