Mesotaeniaceae: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Charophyta
- Class
- Conjugatophyceae
- Order
- Zygnematales
- Family
- Mesotaeniaceae
- Genus
- Species
- Scientific Name
- Mesotaeniaceae
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Mesotaeniaceae
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.
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