Scenedesmaceae



Scenedesmaceae is a family of green algae in the order Sphaeropleales. Scenedesmus algae are commonly found in freshwater plankton. The former family Coelastraceae is considered a synonym of Scenedesmaceae.

Description
Algae in the family Scenedesmaceae consist of coenobia with flat or curved shapes, or sometimes three-dimensional clusters.

Genera
Genera in this family include:


 * Acutodesmus
 * Asterarcys
 * Astrocladium
 * Chodatodesmus
 * Closteriococcus
 * Coelastrella
 * Coelastropsis
 * Coelastrum
 * Comasiella
 * Crucigeniopsis
 * Danubia
 * Desmodesmus
 * Dimorphococcus
 * Enallax
 * Flechtneria
 * Gilbertsmithia
 * Hariotina
 * Hofmania
 * Hylodesmus
 * Komarekia
 * Lauterborniella
 * Neodesmus
 * Pectinodesmus
 * Pseudodidymocystis
 * Pseudotetrastrum
 * Scenedesmus
 * Schistochilium
 * Schmidledesmus
 * Schroederiella
 * Scotiellopsis
 * Soropediastrum
 * Staurogenia
 * Steinedesmus
 * Tetradesmus
 * Tetrallantos
 * Tetranephris
 * Tetrastrum
 * Truncatulus
 * Verrucodesmus
 * Westella
 * Westellopsis
 * Willea
 * Yadavaea