Scenedesmaceae Explained

Scenedesmaceae is a family of green algae in the order Sphaeropleales. Scenedesmus algae are commonly found in freshwater plankton. The former family Coelastraceae is considered a synonym of Scenedesmaceae.

Description

Algae in the family Scenedesmaceae consist of coenobia with flat or curved shapes, or sometimes three-dimensional clusters.^[1]

Genera

Genera in this family include:^[2]

• Acutodesmus
• Asterarcys
• Astrocladium
• Chodatodesmus
• Closteriococcus
• Coelastrella
• Coelastropsis
• Coelastrum
• Comasiella
• Crucigeniopsis
• Danubia
• Desmodesmus
• Dimorphococcus
• Enallax
• Flechtneria
• Gilbertsmithia
• Hariotina
• Hofmania
• Hylodesmus
• Komarekia
• Lauterborniella
• Neodesmus
• Pectinodesmus
• Pseudodidymocystis
• Pseudotetrastrum
• Scenedesmus
• Schistochilium
• Schmidledesmus
• Schroederiella
• Scotiellopsis
• Soropediastrum
• Staurogenia
• Steinedesmus
• Tetradesmus
• Tetrallantos
• Tetranephris
• Tetrastrum
• Truncatulus
• Verrucodesmus
• Westella
• Westellopsis
• Willea
• Yadavaea

Notes and References

1. 10.2216/09-61.1 . ITS2 sequence-structure phylogeny in the Scenedesmaceae with special reference to Coelastrum (Chlorophyta, Chlorophyceae), including the new genera Comasiella and Pectinodesmus . 2010 . Hegewald . Eberhard . Wolf . Matthias . Keller . Alexander . Friedl . Thomas . Krienitz . Lothar . Phycologia . 49 . 4 . 325–335 . 85145401 .
2. Web site: Protist Images: Chlorophyta . 2007-09-19 . Protist Information Server .