Mesostigmatophyceae

The Mesostigmatophyceae is a type of basal green algae. They are usually found in fresh water.Genomic Insights Into the Biology of Algae Mesostigmatophyceae can be a sister group to all green algae, or as sister to all Streptophyta.
Categorization
There are many ways to place the Mesostigmatophyceae into a category. One popular to place it is to have the category have only one genus, the Mesostigma. A different way to categorize is to put it into two clades; Chlorokybus and Spirotaenia. It is also common to put Chlorokybus in a different class as Chlorokybophyceae. Below is a common way to sort the categories.

 References 

 Other websites 

 AlgaTerra database
 Index Nominum Genericorum

Category:Algae