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.
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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.
==Genera== The Mesotaeniaceae includes the following genera: 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
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