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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...
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fusion of the
entire cell-contents of the two
conjugating cells. The
saccoderm desmids and the
placoderm or true desmids,
unicellular or filamentous...
- the desmids, a
distinction is
typically made
between "
saccoderm" and "placoderm" desmids.
Saccoderm desmids,
corresponding to the
family Mesotaeniaceae...
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within the Zygnematales, and are also conjugating.
Netrium oblongum. A
saccoderm "desmid"
Single Spirogyra cell Spirogyra. Each
numbered tick = 122 μM...
- "Algae from the
Lower Devonian Rhynie chert: Po****tions of a
probable saccoderm desmid (Mesotaeniaceae, Zygnematales)
preserved in a
microbial mat". Review...
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Zygnemophyceae (conjugates)
Order Zygnematales (filamentous
conjugates and
saccoderm desmids)
Order Desmidiales (placoderm desmids)
class Coleochaetophyceae...
- "Algae from the
Lower Devonian Rhynie chert: Po****tions of a
probable saccoderm desmid (Mesotaeniaceae, Zygnematales)
preserved in a
microbial mat". Review...
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suborder Zygnemoidiineae,
family Zygnemataceae,
subfamily Mesotaenioideae (
Saccoderm Desmids) and
suborder Closteriineae,
family Peniaceae and
family Closteriaceae...
- "Algae from the
Lower Devonian Rhynie chert: Po****tions of a
probable saccoderm desmid (Mesotaeniaceae, Zygnematales)
preserved in a
microbial mat". Review...
