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DESMIDIALES (desmids)

Subtaxa

Rank Taxon #subtaxa #macrophotos #microphotos
Genus Closterium (a genus of desmids) 4 4 8
Genus Cosmarium (a genus of desmids) 4   29
Genus Cylindrocystis (a genus of desmids)     2
Genus Euastrum Ehrenberg ex Ralfs 1848 (a genus of desmids) 3 4 4
Genus Micrasterias (a genus of desmids) 2    
Species Micrasterias rotata (Greville) Ralfs ex Ralfs 1848 (a desmid)   3  
Species Micrasterias thomasiana W. Archer 1862 (a desmid)   3  
Genus Netrium (a genus of desmids) 2    
Species Netrium digitus (Ehrenberg ex Ralfs) Itzigsohn et Rothe 1856 (a desmid)   1 5
Species Netrium oblongum (de Bary) Lütkemüller 1856 (a desmid) 1   2
Genus Pleurotaenium (a genus of desmids) 1    
Species Pleurotaenium trabecula (Ehrenberg) Nägeli 1849 (a desmid)   1  
Genus Scenedesmus (a genus of desmids)   2  
Genus Staurastrum (a genus of desmids) 1    
Species Staurastrum alternans     3
Genus Staurodesmus (a genus of desmids) 1    
Species Staurodesmus mucronatus     2

Suggested Literature

Identification Works

Hingley, M., 1993 Microscopic Life in Sphagnum
Lind, E.M. & Brook, A.J., 1980 Desmids of the Lake District
www.biolib.de - online : http://www.biolib.de/ Web Site/Page
West, W. & G.S. & Carter, N., 1904 A monograph of British Desmidiaceae

DESMIDIALES may also be covered by literature listed under:

BIOTA
(living things)
Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)
PLANTAE
(plants)
CHAROPHYTA
(stoneworts, charophytes)

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