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Mesotaeniaceae

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Kingdom
  
Plantae

Class
  
Zygnematophyceae

Rank
  
Family

Division
  
Charophyta

Order
  
Zygnematales

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Similar
  
Zygnematales, Desmidiaceae, Closteriaceae, Penium, Gonatozygon

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.

Genera

The Mesotaeniaceae includes the following genera:

  • 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

    Mesotaeniaceae Wikipedia
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