Staurastrum cerastes (NADED 538100)

authority: Lundell

Phycology Section: ecology and taxonomy of freshwater algae, particularly diatoms

Algae Group: Green Algae

Division: Chlorophyta
  Class: Chlorophyceae
    Order: Desmidiales
      Family: Desmidiaceae
        Genus: Staurastrum

Species: cerastes

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This name was created in the database by Frank Acker

Short name: STAceras

IN 4 TAXONOMIC LISTS:

26 ANSP-2011 - no reference found

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NOT A SOURCE IN ANY CHANGE SYSTEMS

NOT A TARGET IN ANY CHANGE SYSTEMS

FOUND IN 12 OFFICIAL COUNTS:  ...see sites on a map

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site	number	count and subproject
NFS011	2	NEON01759 PR1 a 1 - 2018 NEON CRAM Periphyton 2 D0520180817080432447
NFS026	2	NEON01773 PR1 a 1 - 2018 NEON LIRO Periphyton 2 D0520180817080432447
AD000207	present	AD846629 PP1 A 1 - Adirondack Lakes Phytoplankton 1998 (July)
AD000048	1	AD846699 PP1 A 1 - Adirondack Lakes Phytoplankton 1998 (August)
NFS011	1	NEON00180 PR1 a 1 - 2016 NEON Periphyton I
NFS011	1	NEON00183 PR1 a 1 - 2016 NEON Periphyton I
NFS011	1	NEON00378 PR1 a 1 - 2016 NEON Periphyton IV
NFS011	2	NEON00549 PR1 a 1 - 2016 NEON Periphyton VI
NFS026	1	NEON01187 PR1 a 1 - 2017 NEON LIRO Periphyton XII 770753794126
NFS011	1	NEON01164 PR1 a 1 - 2017 NEON CRAM Periphyton XIII 770753794126
NFS011	1	NEON01165 PR1 a 1 - 2017 NEON CRAM Periphyton XIII 770753794126
NFS011	1	NEON01157 PR1 a 1 - 2017 NEON CRAM Periphyton XIII 770753794126

2 BIOVOLUME MEASUREMENTS (in shape_algae_taxa), range 6709.2 - 16893.8

Calculated biovolume: 6709 μm3    added 6/19/2017 by aycock
ANSPNEON1601PR NEON00183 PR1 A Crampton Lake, slide_id=349413, mol_id=170
Measurement #101221 (Two Truncated Cones), 2 dimensions:
   height of cone=31.00000 μm
   diameter of cone=16.60000 μm

Calculated biovolume: 16894 μm3    added 6/19/2017 by aycock
ANSPNEON1601PR NEON00180 PR1 A Crampton Lake, slide_id=349410, mol_id=170
Measurement #101130 (Two Truncated Cones), 2 dimensions:
   height of cone=30.40000 μm
   diameter of cone=26.60000 μm

NO RECORDS IN UNKNOWN-SHAPES-BIOVOLUMES

Publication: Prescott 1982
year: 1982, publication_id: 208

Prescott, G.W., C.E. de M. Bicudo and W.C. Vinyard. 1982. A Synopsis of North American Desmids. Part II. Desmidiaceae: Placodermae Section 4. Univ. Nebraska Press, Lincoln. 700pp. + 154pl.

Metadata flags

Reporting_level_id=4
Published_species = yes
Descr_variety = no
Descr_form = no
Genus_sp_X_? = no
Unpublished_species = no
Cf_aff = no
Genus_sp_spp = no
AboveGenus_with_size_or_feature = no
AboveGenus = no
calacad_match_verified = no
publication_id_verified = yes
calacad_match_nonexistent = no

algae_taxa_id=7171, algae_genus_id=1483
added by dbo on 8/6/2002 2:37:00 PM
last modified by acker on 12/23/2009 2:17:00 PM

Page citation:

Phycology Section, Patrick Center for Environmental Research, Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University. Staurastrum cerastes (NADED 538100). https://diatom.ansp.org/taxaservice/ShowTaxon1.ashx?naded_id=538100. Accessed 27 May 2023. This web service reports all information about a given algae taxon available at the time of retrieval.

from Taxaservice v12.2 code update 10/08/2021