Cosmarium

Cosmarium

Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Plantae
Division:	Charophyta
Class:	Zygnematophyceae
Order:	Desmidiales
Family:	Desmidiaceae
Genus:	Cosmarium
Species
C. angulosum C. auriculatum C. bioculatum C. bisphaericum C. blyttii C. borgesenii C. botrytis C. contractum C. costatum C. cucumis C. debaryi C. dentatum C. depressum C. dilatatum C. elegantissimum C. exiguum C. fontarabiense C. fontrabiense C. formosulum C. furcatospermum C. granatum C. hammeri C. humile C. impressulum C. isthmium C. laeve C. levinotabile C. lundellii C. norimbergense C. obsoletum C. obtusatum C. ovale C. pachydermum C. pseudoconnatum C. quadrum C. rectangulare C. reniforme C. sexangulare C. sp. ACKU 1232 C. subcostatum C. subcucumis C. subprotumidum C. subtumidum C. succisum C. tenue C. trilobulatum C. tumidum C. undulatum

In taxonomy, Cosmarium is a genus of green algae, specifically of the Desmidiaceae.^[1]

Description

In this complex genus the cells are very variable. All are constricted in the middle.^[2]

Cosmarium is a fresh water algae.

↑ See the NCBI webpage on Cosmarium. Data extracted from the "NCBI taxonomy resources". National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved 2007-03-19.
↑ Guiry, M.D., John, D.M., Rindi, F. and McCarthy, Y.K.2007. New Survey of Clare Island Volume 6: The Freshwater and Terrestrial Algae. Royal Irish Academy. ISBN 978-1-904890-31-7

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