Biology:Mesotaeniaceae

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Short description: Family of algae

Mesotaeniaceae
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Cylindrocystis brebissonii
Scientific classification e
(unranked): Viridiplantae
(unranked): Charophyta
Class: Zygnematophyceae
Order: Zygnematales
Family: Mesotaeniaceae
Oltmanns
Genera

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.[1]

Genera

The Mesotaeniaceae includes the following genera:[2]

  • 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

References

  1. Gitzendanner, Matthew A.; Soltis, Pamela S.; Wong, Gane K.-S.; Ruhfel, Brad R.; Soltis, Douglas E. (2018). "Plastid phylogenomic analysis of green plants: A billion years of evolutionary history" (in en). American Journal of Botany 105 (3): 291–301. doi:10.1002/ajb2.1048. ISSN 0002-9122. PMID 29603143. 
  2. Guiry, M. D.; Guiry, G. M. (2016). "AlgaeBase". National University of Ireland. http://www.algaebase.org. 

Wikidata ☰ Q18670172 entry