Scenedesmaceae

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Divisio: Chlorophyta
Subphylum: Chlorophytina
Classis: Chlorophyceae
Ordo: Sphaeropleales

Familia: Scenedesmaceae

Subfamiliae: Coelastroideae – Desmodesmoideae – Scenedesmoideae

Genera: Asterarcys – Astrocladium – Chodatodesmus – Closteriococcus – Coelastrella – Coelastropsis – Coelastrum – Comasiella – Crucigeniopsis – Danubia – Desmodesmus – Dimorphococcus – Enallax – Flechtneria – Gilbertsmithia – Gloeoactinium – Hariotina – Hylodesmus – Komarekia – Lauterborniella – Neodesmus – Pectinodesmus – Pediludiella – Pseudodidymocystis – Scenedesmus – Schmidledesmus – Schroederiella – Soropediastrum – Steinedesmus – Tetradesmus – Tetrallantos – Tetranephris – Tetrastrum – †Truncatulus – Verrucodesmus – Westella – Westellopsis – Willea – Yadavaea

Name

Scenedesmaceae Oltmanns, 1904: 183.

Type: Scenedesmus Meyen

References

Oltmanns, F. 1904. Morphologie und Biologie der Algen. Erster Band. Spezieller Teil. vi + 733 pp., 467 figs, 3 pls. Jena: Gustav Fischer. BHL. Reference page. : 183
Gopalakrishnan, K.K., Novis, P.M. & Visnovsky, G. 2014: Alpine Scenedesmaceae from New Zealand: new taxonomy. New Zealand journal of botany 52(1): 84–99. DOI: 10.1080/0028825X.2013.859628 Open access. Reference page.
Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 2020. Scenedesmaceae. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. Accessed 2020-03-19.
Scenedesmaceae in the World Register of Marine Species, accessed on 2020-03-19

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.[1]

The family has existed since at least the Cretaceous period, as evidenced by amber deposits from France containing the genus Enallax.[2]
Description

Algae in the family Scenedesmaceae consist of coenobia with flat or curved shapes, or sometimes three-dimensional clusters.[3]
Genera

Genera in this family include:[4]

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

References

"Coelastraceae". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
Girard, Vincent (2009). "Evidence of Scenedesmaceae (Chlorophyta) from 100 million-year-old amber". Geodiversitas. 31 (1): 145–151. doi:10.5252/g2009n1a13. S2CID 129466659. Archived from the original on 11 May 2021. Retrieved 27 November 2021.
Hegewald, Eberhard; Wolf, Matthias; Keller, Alexander; Friedl, Thomas; Krienitz, Lothar (2010). "ITS2 sequence-structure phylogeny in the Scenedesmaceae with special reference to Coelastrum (Chlorophyta, Chlorophyceae), including the new genera Comasiella and Pectinodesmus". Phycologia. 49 (4): 325–335. doi:10.2216/09-61.1. S2CID 85145401.
"Protist Images: Chlorophyta". Protist Information Server. Retrieved 2007-09-19.