| Mesotaeniaceae | |
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| Cylindrocystis brebissonii | |
| Scientific classification  | |
| (unranked): | Viridiplantae | 
| (unranked): | Charophyta | 
| Class: | Zygnematophyceae | 
| Order: | Zygnematales | 
| Family: | Mesotaeniaceae Oltmanns  | 
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The Mesotaeniaceae are a small family of unicellular green algae known as the "saccoderm desmids". The Mesotaeniaceae appear to be sister or ancestral to the Zygnemataceae. The desmids are a deep branching group of Zygnemataceae. Spirotaenia was found to be a basal green alga.[1]
Genera
The Mesotaeniaceae includes the following genera:[2]
- Ancylonema Berggren, 1872
 - Cylindrocystis Meneghini ex De Bary, 1858
 - Geniculus Prescott, 1967
 - Mesotaenium Nägeli, 1849
 - Netrium (Nägeli) Itzigsohn & Rothe, 1856
 - Nucleotaenium Gontcharov & Melkonian, 2010
 - Planotaenium (Ohtani) Petlovany & Palamar-Mordvintseva, 2009
 - Roya West & G.S.West, 1896
 - Tortitaenia A.J.Brook, 1998
 
Synonyms:
- Endospira Brébisson, nom. inval., is a synonym of Spirotaenia
 - Entospira Kuntze, 1898 is a synonym of Spirotaenia
 - Polytaenia A.J.Brook, 1997, nom. illeg., is a synonym of Tortitaenia
 
References
- ↑ Gitzendanner, Matthew A.; Soltis, Pamela S.; Wong, Gane K.-S.; Ruhfel, Brad R.; Soltis, Douglas E. (2018). "Plastid phylogenomic analysis of green plants: A billion years of evolutionary history". American Journal of Botany. 105 (3): 291–301. doi:10.1002/ajb2.1048. ISSN 0002-9122. PMID 29603143.
 - ↑ Guiry, M. D.; Guiry, G. M. (2016). "AlgaeBase". National University of Ireland. Retrieved 2016-09-18.
 
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