Mesotaeniaceae
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| Spirotaenia condensata | |
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| Family: | Mesotaeniaceae Oltmanns, 1904
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The Mesotaeniaceae are a small family of unicellular green algae known as the "saccoderm desmids". However the group does not appear to be closely allied to the "true" desmids, but rather related to the filamentous Zygnemataceae, such as Spirogyra.[1][2]
Genera
The Mesotaeniaceae includes the following genera:[3]
- Ancylonema Berggren, 1872
- Cylindrocystis Meneghini ex De Bary, 1858
- Geniculus Prescott, 1967
- Mesotaenium Nägeli, 1849
- Netrium (Nägeli) Itzigsohn & Rothe, 1856
- Nucleotaenium Gontcharov & Melkonian, 2010
- Planotaenium (Ohtani) Petlovany & Palamar-Mordvintseva, 2009
- Roya West & G.S.West, 1896
- Spirotaenia Brébisson, 1848
- Tortitaenia A.J.Brook, 1998
References
- ^ Brook, A.J.; Williamson, D.B. (2002). A monograph on British Desmids: Families Mesotaeniaceae, Peniaceae, Closteriaceae. London: Ray Society.
- ^ Brook, A.J.; Williamson, D.B.; John, D.M. (2011). "Phylum Chlorophyta. Family Mesotaeniaceae ('saccoderm desmids')". In John, D.M.; Whitton, B.A.; Brook, A.J. (eds.). The freshwater algal flora of the British Isles. An identification guide to freshwater and terrestrial algae (Second ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. pp. 609–616.
- ^ Guiry, M. D.; Guiry, G. M. (2016). "AlgaeBase". National University of Ireland. Retrieved 2016-09-18.
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