Staurastrum is a large genus of desmids (Desmidiaceae), a group of green algae closely related to the land plants (Embryophyta). Members of this genus are microscopic and found in freshwater habitats around the world.
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Staurastrum is a large genus of desmids (Desmidiaceae), a group of green algae closely related to the land plants (Embryophyta). Members of this genus are microscopic and found in freshwater habitats around the world.
The name Staurastrum comes from the Greek roots stauron, meaning "cross", and astron, meaning "star".
Discovered by embedding cosine similarity (sentence-transformers MiniLM, 384-dim).