Scytonemataceae
The Scytonemataceae are a family of filamentous, heterocystous cyanobacteria within the order Nostocales. The family is known from freshwater, marine, and terrestrial environments, where it grows in colonies attached to the substrate. Akinetes are not known, and the members of the family are known to reproduce with nonheterocystous hormogonia.
10 branches of this family, most-observed first
Scytonema
genusScytonema
Kyrtuthrix
genusKyrtuthrix
Iningainema
genusIningainema
Petalonema
genusPetalonema
Brasilonema
genusBrasilonema
Scytonematopsis
genusScytonematopsis
Ewamiania
genusEwamiania
Symphyonema
genusSymphyonema
Cronbergia
genusCronbergia
Camptylonemopsis
genusCamptylonemopsis
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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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 354995.