| Mesostigmatophyceae | |
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| Mesostigma viride | |
Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Clade: | Archaeplastida |
| Clade: | Viridiplantae |
| Division: | Charophyta |
| Class: | Mesostigmatophyceae Marin &Melkonian, 1999[1][2] |
| Type species | |
| Mesostigma virideLauterborn | |
TheMesostigmatophyceae are a class of basalgreen algae found in freshwater.[3][4][5] In a narrowcircumscription, the class contains a single genus,Mesostigma.[6]AlgaeBase then places the class within its circumscription ofCharophyta.[1] A clade containingChlorokybus andSpirotaenia may either be added,[7][8][9][10][11][12] or treated as a sister, withChlorokybus placed in a separate class, Chlorokybophyceae.[13] When broadly circumscribed, Mesostigmatophyceae may be placed as sister to all other green algae, or as sister to allStreptophyta.[14][15][16]
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