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Ankistrodesmus
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Species
GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumChlorophyta
- ClassChlorophyceae
- OrderSphaeropleales
- FamilySelenastraceae
Habitatfreshwater
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 47
- With media
- 27
- Family
- Selenastraceae
- Collections
- US, OSC, FLAS, CHRB, LD, MICH
- Recorded in
- Germany, United States, Czechia, Sweden, China
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Selenastraceae
- Image
- Ankistrodesmus falcatus 2 EPA.jpg
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- Commons category
- Ankistrodesmus
- taxon rank
- genus
- taxon name
- Ankistrodesmus
- taxon common name
- アンキストロデスムス属
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Encyclopedic overview
6 sectionsContents
- Description
- Life cycle
- Identification
- Uses
- Species
- References
thumb|250px|right|Ankistrodesmus falcatus
Ankistrodesmus is a genus of green algae in the family Selenastraceae. It is one of the most common types of phytoplankton in freshwater habitats around the world. The name Ankistrodesmus comes from the Greek roots ankistron, meaning "cross", and desmos, meaning "bond".
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Ankistrodesmus” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.