Mesotaeniaceae
| Mesotaeniaceae | |
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| Cylindrocystis brebissonii | |
| Scientific classification | |
| (unranked): | Viridiplantae |
| (unranked): | Charophyta |
| Class: | Zygnematophyceae |
| Order: | Zygnematales |
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Mesotaeniaceae Oltmanns |
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The Mesotaeniaceae are a small family of unicellular green algae known as the "saccoderm desmids". The Mesotaeniaceae appear to be sister or ancestral to the Zygnemataceae. The desmids are a deep branching group of Zygnemataceae. Spirotaenia was found to be a basal green alga.
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
- Tortitaenia A.J.Brook, 1998
Synonyms:
- Endospira Brébisson, nom. inval., is a synonym of Spirotaenia
- Entospira Kuntze, 1898 is a synonym of Spirotaenia
- Polytaenia A.J.Brook, 1997, nom. illeg., is a synonym of Tortitaenia