Scenedesmaceae Explained

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.^[1]

Description

Algae in the family Scenedesmaceae consist of coenobia with flat or curved shapes, or sometimes three-dimensional clusters.^[2]

Genera

Genera in this family include:^[3]

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

Notes and References

Girard . Vincent . 2009 . Evidence of Scenedesmaceae (Chlorophyta) from 100 million-year-old amber . Geodiversitas . 31 . 1 . 145–151 . 10.5252/g2009n1a13 . 129466659 . 27 November 2021 . 11 May 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210511231509/https://sciencepress.mnhn.fr/en/periodiques/geodiversitas/31/1/presence-de-scenedesmaceae-chlorophytes-dans-un-ambre-vieux-de-100-millions-d-annees . live .
10.2216/09-61.1 . ITS2 sequence-structure phylogeny in the Scenedesmaceae with special reference to Coelastrum (Chlorophyta, Chlorophyceae), including the new genera Comasiella and Pectinodesmus . 2010 . Hegewald . Eberhard . Wolf . Matthias . Keller . Alexander . Friedl . Thomas . Krienitz . Lothar . Phycologia . 49 . 4 . 325–335 . 85145401 .
Web site: Protist Images: Chlorophyta . 2007-09-19 . Protist Information Server .