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Spondylosium
Sign in to saveSpondylosium is a genus of green algae, specifically of the Desmidiaceae. Like other desmids, it prefers acidic, oligotrophic freshwater lakes and ponds. It has a cosmopolitan distribution.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumCharophyta
- ClassConjugatophyceae
- OrderDesmidiales
- FamilyDesmidiaceae
Habitatfreshwater
Observations39
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 12
- With media
- 10
- Family
- Desmidiaceae
- Collections
- NY, IPA/SP, MNHN
- Recorded in
- United States, Brasil, France
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Desmidiaceae
- Image
- Nogueira et al 2016 Rodriguesia Fig 3c.jpg
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- taxon name
- Spondylosium
- taxon rank
- genus
- Commons category
- Spondylosium
- taxon common name
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Spondylosium is a genus of green algae, specifically of the Desmidiaceae. Like other desmids, it prefers acidic, oligotrophic freshwater lakes and ponds. It has a cosmopolitan distribution.
Spondylosium is a heterogeneous assemblage of species. Molecular phylogenetic studies have shown that it is polyphyletic.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Spondylosium” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.