Staurastrum Meyen ex Ralfs, 1848 
AphiaID: 162728

Classification: Biota > Plantae > Viridaeplantae > Streptophyta > Charophyta > Zygnematophyceae > Zygnematales > Desmidiaceae

Status		accepted
Record status		Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank		Genus
Parent		Desmidiaceae Ralfs, 1848
Source		basis of record: Algaebase, available online at http://www.algaebase.org [details]
Direct child taxa [show all]		Species Staurastrum avicula Brébisson, 1848 Species Staurastrum brevispinum (Brébisson) Ralfs, 1905 Species Staurastrum chaetoceras (Schröder) G.M.Smith, 1924 Species Staurastrum excavatum West & G.S.West, 1895 Species Staurastrum hexacerum Ehrenberg ex Wittrock, 1872 Species Staurastrum leptocladum Nordstedt, 1869 Species Staurastrum paradoxum Meyen ex Ralfs, 1848 Species Staurastrum setigerum Cleve, 1864 Species Staurastrum tetracerum Ralfs ex Ralfs, 1848 Species Staurastrum apiculatum Brébisson, 1856 accepted as Staurodesmus dejectus var. apiculatus (Brébisson) Croasdale, 1957 Species Staurastrum curvatum West, 1892 accepted as Staurodesmus cuspidatus var. curvatus (West) Teiling, 1967 Species Staurastrum cuspidatum Brébisson, 1848 accepted as Staurodesmus cuspidatus (Brébisson) Teiling, 1967 Species Staurastrum dejectum Brébisson, 1848 accepted as Staurodesmus dejectus (Brébisson) Teiling, 1967 Species Staurastrum megacanthum P.Lundell, 1871 accepted as Staurodesmus megacanthus (P.Lundell) Thunmark, 1948
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LSID		urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:162728
Taxonomic Edit history		Date    action    by 2005-07-04 10:12:20Z   created   Braeckman, Ulrike 2010-08-25 11:40:34Z   checked   Guiry, Michael D.
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		Citation: Guiry, Michael D. (2013). Staurastrum Meyen 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: Kennedy, M.K., L. Van Guelpen, G. Pohle, L. Bajona (Eds.) (2013) Canadian Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/carms/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=162728 on 2013-05-20