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Micrasterias C.Agardh ex Ralfs, 1848 
AphiaID: 509594

Classification: Biota > Plantae (Kingdom) > Viridaeplantae (Subkingdom) > Streptophyta (Infrakingdom) > Charophyta (Phylum) > Zygnematophyceae (Class) > Zygnematales (Order) > Desmidiaceae (Family)
Status accepted
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Parent Desmidiaceae Ralfs, 1848
Source  basis of record: Algaebase, available online at http://www.algaebase.org [details]

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 Species Micrasterias abrupta West & G.S.West
Species Micrasterias adscendens Nordstedt
Species Micrasterias alata G.C.Wallich, 1860
Species Micrasterias americana Ehrenberg ex Ralfs, 1848
Species Micrasterias anomala W.B.Turner
Species Micrasterias apiculata Meneghini ex Ralfs, 1848
Species Micrasterias apiculata Meneghini ex Ralfs, 1848
Species Micrasterias arcuata Bailey
Species Micrasterias borgei Willi Krieger
Species Micrasterias bourrellyana J.A.Rino
Species Micrasterias brachyptera P.Lundell, 1871
Species Micrasterias ceratofera Joshua
Species Micrasterias ceratofora
Species Micrasterias conferta P.Lundell, 1871 †
Species Micrasterias cornuta A.W.Bennett
Species Micrasterias crux-melitensis Ralfs, 1848
Species Micrasterias crux-melitensis (Ehrenberg) Trevisan, 1842
Species Micrasterias decemdentata (Nägeli) W.Archer, 1861
Species Micrasterias denticulata Brébisson ex Ralfs, 1848
Species Micrasterias doveri Biswas
Species Micrasterias excavata (Nordstedt) C.E.M.Bicudo & L.Sormus, 1982
Species Micrasterias fimbriata Ralfs, 1848
Species Micrasterias foersteri K.Thomasson
Species Micrasterias foliacea Bailey ex Ralfs, 1848
Species Micrasterias furcata C.Agardh ex Ralfs, 1848
Species Micrasterias hardeyii
Species Micrasterias hardyi G.S.West
Species Micrasterias hieronymusii Schmidle
Species Micrasterias incisa Ralfs, 1848
Species Micrasterias indica
Species Micrasterias integra Nordstedt
Species Micrasterias jenneri Ralfs, 1848
Species Micrasterias jennerii
Species Micrasterias johnsonii West & G.S.West
Species Micrasterias laticeps Nordstedt
Species Micrasterias lux Joshua, 1886
Species Micrasterias mahabuleshwarensis J.Hobson, 1863
Species Micrasterias mohii (Borge)
Species Micrasterias muricata Bailey ex J.Ralfs, 1848
Species Micrasterias nordstedtii Thomasson
Species Micrasterias oscitans Ralfs, 1848
Species Micrasterias papillifera Brébisson ex Ralfs, 1848
Species Micrasterias pinnatifida Ralfs, 1848
Species Micrasterias quadridentata (Nordstedt) R.L.Grönblad
Species Micrasterias radians W.B.Turner
Species Micrasterias radiosa Ralfs, 1848
Species Micrasterias rotata Ralfs, 1848
Species Micrasterias schweinfurthii Cohn, 1879
Species Micrasterias simplex Børgesen
Species Micrasterias subdenticulata (Nordstedt) Willi Krieger, 1932
Species Micrasterias suboblonga Nordstedt
Species Micrasterias subtruncata A.I.Lobik
Species Micrasterias sudanensis R.L.Grönblad, G.A.Prowse & A.M.Scott, 1958
Species Micrasterias thomasiana W.Archer, 1862
Species Micrasterias torreyi Bailey ex Ralfs
Species Micrasterias tropica Nordstedt, 1870
Species Micrasterias truncata Ralfs, 1848
Species Micrasterias truncata (Corda) Brébisson ex Ralfs, 1848
Species Micrasterias verrucosa Bisset
Species Micrasterias zeylanica F.E.Fritsch, 1907

Species Micrasterias ampullacea Maskell, 1881 accepted as Micrasterias mahabuleshwarensis var. ampullacea (W.M.Maskell) Nordstedt, 1888
Species Micrasterias angulosa Hantzsch, 1862 accepted as Micrasterias denticulata Brébisson ex Ralfs, 1848
Species Micrasterias auclairii Rochou dÕAubert, 1910 accepted as Micrasterias jenneri Ralfs, 1848
Species Micrasterias crenata Brébisson ex Ralfs, 1848 accepted as Micrasterias truncata var. crenata (Ralfs) Gronblad
Species Micrasterias curx-melitensis accepted as Micrasterias crux-melitensis (Ehrenberg) Trevisan, 1842
Species Micrasterias elliptica Ehrenberg, 1834 accepted as Pediastrum ellipticum Ehrenberg ex Ralfs, 1848
Species Micrasterias euastroides Joshua accepted as Micrasterias tropica var. indivisa (Nordstedt) B.Eichler & Raciborski, 1893
Species Micrasterias falcatus Corda accepted as Ankistrodesmus falcatus (Corda) Ralfs, 1848
Species Micrasterias furcata C.Agardh, 1827 accepted as Micrasterias furcata C.Agardh ex Ralfs, 1848
Species Micrasterias itzigsohnii A.K.H.Braun, 1856 accepted as Micrasterias decemdentata (Nägeli) W.Archer, 1861
Species Micrasterias janeira M.Raciborski, 1885 accepted as Micrasterias crux-melitensis var. janeira (Raciborski) Grönblad, 1920 accepted as Micrasterias crux-melitensis Ralfs, 1848
Species Micrasterias kitchelii Wolle, 1880 accepted as Micrasterias depauperata var. kitchelii (F.Wolle) West & G.S.West, 1896
Species Micrasterias moebii (Borge) West & G.S.West accepted as Euastrum moebii (Borge) A.M.Scott & Prescott
Species Micrasterias morsa Ralfs, 1848 accepted as Micrasterias americana Ehrenberg ex Ralfs, 1848
Species Micrasterias mucronata (R.V.Dixon) G.L.Rabenhorst, 1868 accepted as Micrasterias oscitans var. mucronata (R.V.Dixon) J.N.F.Wille, 1893
Species Micrasterias murrayi West & G.S.West, 1903 accepted as Micrasterias radiosa var. murrayi (West & G.S.West) Croasdale, 1977
Species Micrasterias neodamensis Braun, 1856 accepted as Micrasterias truncata Ralfs, 1848
Species Micrasterias octocornis (Ehrenberg) G.G.A.Meneghini, 1840 accepted as Octacanthium octocorne (Ralfs) Compère, 1996
Species Micrasterias pusilla G.C.Wallich accepted as Tetraedron pusillum (Wallich) West & G.S.West, 1897
Species Micrasterias radiata West & G.S.West, 1905 accepted as Micrasterias furcata C.Agardh ex Ralfs, 1848
Species Micrasterias rota (Ehrenberg) G.G.A.Meneghini, 1840 accepted as Micrasterias truncata (Corda) Brébisson ex Ralfs, 1848
Species Micrasterias sol Ehrenberg ex Kützing, 1849 accepted as Micrasterias radiosa Ralfs, 1848
Species Micrasterias speciosa F.Wolle, 1885 accepted as Micrasterias papillifera var. speciosa (F.Wolle) Willi Krieger, 1939 †
Species Micrasterias tetras Ehrenberg, 1838 accepted as Stauridium tetras (Ehrenberg) E.Hegewald, 2005
Species Micrasterias wallichii Grunow accepted as Micrasterias mahabuleshwarensis var. wallichii (Grunow) West & G.S.West, 1905
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
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  Citation: Guiry, Michael D. (2013). Micrasterias C.Agardh ex Ralfs, 1848. In: Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. (2013). AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway (taxonomic information republished from AlgaeBase with permission of M.D. Guiry). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=509594 on 2013-05-23
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