Scenedesmaceae
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.
The family has existed since at least the Cretaceous period, as evidenced by amber deposits from France containing the genus Enallax.
23 branches of this family, most-observed first
Desmodesmus
genusDesmodesmus
Coelastrum
genusCoelastrum
Tetradesmus
genusTetradesmus
Scenedesmus
genusScenedesmus
Comasiella
genusComasiella
Dimorphococcus
genusDimorphococcus
Pectinodesmus
genusPectinodesmus
Tetrastrum
genusTetrastrum
Hariotina
genusHariotina
Verrucodesmus
genusVerrucodesmus
Acutodesmus
genusAcutodesmus
Westella
genusWestella
Tetrallantos
genusTetrallantos
Pseudodidymocystis
genusPseudodidymocystis
Enallax
genusEnallax
Coronastrum
genusCoronastrum
Coelastrella
genusCoelastrella
Westellopsis
genusWestellopsis
Lauterborniella
genusLauterborniella
Schroederiella
genusSchroederiella
Neodesmus
genusNeodesmus
Komarekia
genusKomarekia
Steinedesmus
genusSteinedesmus
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 200872.