Scenedesmaceae

Taxobox
name = Scenedesmaceae


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regnum = Plantae
divisio = Chlorophyta
classis = Chlorophyceae
ordo = Chlorococcales
familia = Scenedesmaceae
familia_authority = Oltmanns, 1904
subdivision_ranks = Genera
subdivision = See text.

A family of green algae in the order chlorococcales. Scenedesmus algae are commonly found in freshwater plankton.

Genera in this family include: [cite web | url = http://protist.i.hosei.ac.jp/pdb/Images/Protista/ChlorophytaE.html#Chlorophyceae | accessdate = 2007-09-19 | title = Protist
]

* "Actinastrum"
* "Coelastrum"
* "Crucigenia"
* "Dicellula"
* "Dicloster"
* "Pectodictyon"
* "Scenedesmus"
* "Tetradesmus"
* "Tetrallantos"
* "Tetrastrum"

References

External links

* [http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9066067/Scenedesmus Encyclopedia Britannica entry]