DESMIDIALES
(desmids)

Subtaxon Example images Rank Featured
subtaxa
No of
images
No of
ID refs
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Suborder 5 subtaxa 12 images 1 ident. refs
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Suborder 25 subtaxa 78 images 5 ident. refs
Family 3 subtaxa 3 ident. refs
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Unidentified 2 images
Taxonomic hierarchy:
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
() Coesel, P. Desmid species (Desmidiaceae) in the Netherlands www.desmids.nl/index.html
Krieger, W. 1933 Die Desmidiaceen Europas mit Berücksichtigung der aussereuropäischen Arten Dr. L. Rabenhorst's Kryptogamen-Flora von Deutschland, Österreich und der Schweiz, Band 13, Abteilung 1, 814+163pp
Lenzenweger, R. 1996 Desmidiaceenflora von Österreich Bibliotheca Phycologica.
Ruzicka, J. 1977 Die Desmidiaceen Mitteleuropas E. Schweizerbart’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, Stuttgart

DESMIDIALES (desmids) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for DESMIDIALES (desmids)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 47 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for DESMIDIALES (desmids)
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