| Selenastraceae | |
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| Ankistrodesmus spiralis | |
Scientific classification 
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| Clade: | Viridiplantae |
| Division: | Chlorophyta |
| Class: | Chlorophyceae |
| Order: | Sphaeropleales |
| Family: | Selenastraceae Blackman & Tansley |
| Genera[1] | |
Selenastraceae is a family of green algae in the order Sphaeropleales.[2] Members of this family are common components of the phytoplankton in freshwater habitats worldwide. A few species have been found in brackish and marine habitats, such as in the Baltic Sea.[3]
- ^ Guiry, M.D.; Guiry, G.M. "Selenastraceae". AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. Retrieved 2023-06-02.
- ^ See the NCBI webpage on Selenastraceae. Data extracted from the "NCBI taxonomy resources". National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved 2007-03-19.
- ^ Garcia Da Silva, Thaís; Bock, Christina; Sant'Anna, Célia Leite; Bagatini, Inessa Lacativa; Wodniok, Sabina; Vieira, Armando Augusto Henriques (2017). "Selenastraceae (Sphaeropleales, Chlorophyceae): rbcL, 18S rDNA and ITS-2 secondary structure enlightens traditional taxonomy, with description of two new genera, Messastrum gen. nov. and Curvastrum gen. nov". Fottea. 17: 1–19. doi:10.5507/fot.2016.010.