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Mesotaeniaceae

The 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. The desmids are a deep branching group of Zygnemataceae. Spirotaenia was found to be a basal green alga.

Genera
The Mesotaeniaceae includes the following genera: • Ancylonema Berggren, 1872 • Cylindrocystis Meneghini ex De Bary, 1858 • Geniculus Prescott, 1967 • Mesotaenium Nägeli, 1849 • Netrium (Nägeli) Itzigsohn & Rothe, 1856 • Nucleotaenium Gontcharov & Melkonian, 2010 • Planotaenium (Ohtani) Petlovany & Palamar-Mordvintseva, 2009 • Roya West & G.S.West, 1896 • Tortitaenia A.J.Brook, 1998 Synonyms: • Endospira Brébisson, nom. inval., is a synonym of Spirotaenia • Entospira Kuntze, 1898 is a synonym of SpirotaeniaPolytaenia A.J.Brook, 1997, nom. illeg., is a synonym of Tortitaenia == References ==
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