Scenedesmaceae
| Scenedesmaceae | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Clade: | Viridiplantae |
| Division: | Chlorophyta |
| Class: | Chlorophyceae |
| Order: | Sphaeropleales |
| Family: | Scenedesmaceae Oltmanns, 1904 |
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Scenedesmaceae is a family of green algae in the order Sphaeropleales. Scenedesmus algae are commonly found in freshwater plankton. The former family Coelastraceae is considered a synonym of Scenedesmaceae.
The family has existed since at least the Cretaceous period, as evidenced by amber deposits from France containing the genus Enallax.