Micrasterias
Micrasterias is a unicellular green alga of the order Desmidiales. Its species vary in size reaching up to hundreds of microns.
50 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Micrasterias truncata
speciesMicrasterias truncata
Micrasterias furcata
speciesMicrasterias furcata
Micrasterias pinnatifida
speciesMicrasterias pinnatifida
Micrasterias laticeps
speciesMicrasterias laticeps
Micrasterias radiosa
speciesMicrasterias radiosa
Micrasterias rotata
speciesMicrasterias rotata
Micrasterias compereana
speciesMicrasterias compereana
Micrasterias mahabuleshwarensis
speciesMicrasterias mahabuleshwarensis
Micrasterias americana
speciesMicrasterias americana
Micrasterias denticulata
speciesMicrasterias denticulata
Micrasterias foliacea
speciesMicrasterias foliacea
Micrasterias depauperata
speciesMicrasterias depauperata
Micrasterias crux-melitensis
speciesMicrasterias crux-melitensis
Micrasterias thomasiana
speciesMicrasterias thomasiana
Micrasterias muricata
speciesMicrasterias muricata
Micrasterias piquata
speciesMicrasterias piquata
Micrasterias alata
speciesMicrasterias alata
Micrasterias jenneri
speciesMicrasterias jenneri
Micrasterias torreyi
speciesMicrasterias torreyi
Micrasterias abrupta
speciesMicrasterias abrupta
Micrasterias arcuata
speciesMicrasterias arcuata
Micrasterias conferta
speciesMicrasterias conferta
Micrasterias apiculata
speciesMicrasterias apiculata
Micrasterias papillifera
speciesMicrasterias papillifera
Micrasterias brachyptera
speciesMicrasterias brachyptera
Micrasterias decemdentata
speciesMicrasterias decemdentata
Micrasterias zeylanica
speciesMicrasterias zeylanica
Micrasterias radians
speciesMicrasterias radians
Micrasterias triangularis
speciesMicrasterias triangularis
Micrasterias johnsonii
speciesMicrasterias johnsonii
Micrasterias fimbriata
speciesMicrasterias fimbriata
Micrasterias ralfsii
speciesMicrasterias ralfsii
Micrasterias novae-terrae
speciesMicrasterias novae-terrae
Micrasterias oscitans
speciesMicrasterias oscitans
Micrasterias borgei
speciesMicrasterias borgei
Micrasterias floridensis
speciesMicrasterias floridensis
Micrasterias sexspinata
speciesMicrasterias sexspinata
Micrasterias tropica
speciesMicrasterias tropica
Micrasterias lux
speciesMicrasterias lux
Micrasterias nordstedtiana
speciesMicrasterias nordstedtiana
Micrasterias quadridentata
speciesMicrasterias quadridentata
Micrasterias dichotoma
speciesMicrasterias dichotoma
Micrasterias bourrellyana
speciesMicrasterias bourrellyana
Micrasterias tetraptera
speciesMicrasterias tetraptera
Micrasterias schweinfurthii
speciesMicrasterias schweinfurthii
Micrasterias hieronymusii
speciesMicrasterias hieronymusii
Micrasterias ceratofera
speciesMicrasterias ceratofera
Micrasterias hardyi
speciesMicrasterias hardyi
Micrasterias doveri
speciesMicrasterias doveri
Micrasterias suboblonga
speciesMicrasterias suboblonga
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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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 325556.