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Actinastrum
Sign in to saveActinastrum is a genus of freshwater green algae. It was first described by Gustaf Lagerheim in 1882. Members of the genus are commonly found in eutrophic freshwater ponds and lakes, and have a cosmopolitan distribution.
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Vinony's link graph records 4 inbound references to Actinastrum, and connects out to plant, International Standard Book Number and Wikidata.
Vinony files it under Chlorellaceae, Freshwater algae and Trebouxiophyceae genera.
Vinony links it to 4 Wikipedia language editions.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumChlorophyta
- ClassTrebouxiophyceae
- OrderChlorellales
- FamilyChlorellaceae
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 5
- With media
- 3
- Family
- Chlorellaceae
- Collections
- MICH, UFRPE
- Recorded in
- United States, Germany, Brasil
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Chlorellaceae
- Image
- Actinastrumhantzii EPA.jpg
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- taxon name
- Actinastrum
- taxon rank
- genus
- Commons category
- Actinastrum
- taxon common name
- アクチナストルム属
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Encyclopedic overview
3 sectionsContents
- Description
- Species
- References
Actinastrum is a genus of freshwater green algae. It was first described by Gustaf Lagerheim in 1882. Members of the genus are commonly found in eutrophic freshwater ponds and lakes, and have a cosmopolitan distribution.
Traditionally, Actinastrum was placed within the family Coelastraceae based on morphology (spherical, three-dimensional colonies and reproduction by autospores). However, molecular phylogenetic studies have shown that the type species Actinastrum hantzschii is closely related to Chlorella, another autospore-forming genus in the family Chlorellaceae.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Actinastrum” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.