Staurodesmus Teiling
(a genus of desmids)

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Staurodesmus mucronatus
a desmid
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Taxonomic hierarchy:
GenusStaurodesmus (a genus of desmids)
FamilyDESMIDIACEAE (placoderm desmids)
SuborderDESMIDIINEAE (placoderm desmids)
OrderDESMIDIALES (desmids)
ClassZYGNEMATOPHYCEAE (desmids and filamentous charophycean algae)
PhylumCHAROPHYTA (stoneworts, desmids, charaphytes etc, charophytes)
SubkingdomVIRIDIPLANTAE (lower green plants)
KingdomPLANTAE (plants)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
() Coesèl, P. & Meesters, K.J. 2013 European flora of the desmid genera Staurastrum and Staurodesmus - Identification key for Desmidiaceae Desmids of Europe, Vol 2, 358pp, KNNV Publishing

Staurodesmus (a genus of desmids) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Staurodesmus (a genus of desmids)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 8 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Staurodesmus (a genus of desmids)
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