Selenastraceae
Sign in to saveSelenastraceae is a family of green algae in the order Sphaeropleales. Members of this family are common components of the phytoplankton in freshwater habitats worldwide. A few species have been found in brackish and marine habitats, such as in the Baltic Sea.
Species
FAMILY
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumChlorophyta
- ClassChlorophyceae
- OrderSphaeropleales
- FamilySelenastraceae
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 1
- Family
- Selenastraceae
- Collections
- FH
- Recorded in
- Czech Republic
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Sphaeropleales
- Image
- Ankistrodesmusfalcatus EPA.jpg
Show 4 more facts
- taxon name
- Selenastraceae
- taxon rank
- family
- Commons category
- Selenastraceae
Sources (1)
via Wikidata · CC0
~2 min read
Encyclopedic overview
4 sectionsContents
- Description
- Taxonomy
- Uses
- References
Selenastraceae is a family of green algae in the order Sphaeropleales. Members of this family are common components of the phytoplankton in freshwater habitats worldwide. A few species have been found in brackish and marine habitats, such as in the Baltic Sea.
==Description== The family Selenastraceae includes solitary cells or colonies of cells. Cells are diverse in morphology; they may be coccoid to spindle-shaped in shape, with rounded or pointed ends. They may be sickle-shaped or spirally curved. Cells contain a chloroplast with a pyrenoid. Except in the genus Chlorolobion, the pyrenoid lacks a starch covering, making it difficult to observe using light microscopy. Cells range in size from 5 to 105 μm in length and 1.5 to 6.5 μm in width.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Selenastraceae” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.