Zygnemataceae
The Zygnematacae are a family of filamentous or unicellular, uniseriate (unbranched) green algae. The filaments are septated and reproduction is by conjugation; Spirogyra is commonly used in schools to demonstrate this kind of reproduction. The family is notable for its diversely shaped chloroplasts, such as stellate in Zygnema, helical in Spirogyra, and flat in Mougeotia. The Zygnemataceae are cosmopolitan, but though all generally occur in the same types of habitats, Mougeotia, Spirogyra, and Zygnema are by...
10 branches of this family, most-observed first
Spirogyra
genusSpirogyra
Mougeotia
genusMougeotia
Zygnema
genusZygnema
Zygogonium
genusZygogonium
Sirocladium
genusSirocladium
Sirogonium
genusSirogonium
Mougeotiopsis
genusMougeotiopsis
Zygnemopsis
genusZygnemopsis
Debarya
genusDebarya
Temnogyra
genusTemnogyra
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 123850.