• Staurogenia fenestrata: Schmidle

The coenobium is rhomboidal, with a relatively large internal space, ~ 10 across, sometimes forming irregularly shaped multiple colonies. Cells trapezoid, straight or slightly curved on outermost side.

Freshwater species, probably cosmopolitan.

Distribution:   Europe: Britain (Whitton et al. 2003), Romania (Caraus 2012), Spain (Cambra Sánchez, Álvarez Cobelas & Aboal Sanjurjo 1998). South America: Brazil (Menezes 2010). Asia: China (Hu & Wei 2006). Australia and New Zealand: New Zealand (Broady et al. 2012).

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Phylum Cyanobacteria: blue-green bacteria, blue-green algae. In: New Zealand inventory of biodiversity., Volume Three. Kingdoms Bacteria, Protozoa, Chromista, Plantae, Fungi. (Gordon, D.P. Eds), Christchurch: Canterbury University Press., Broady P.A., Merican F., 2012, 50-69

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The freshwater algae of China. Systematics, taxonomy and ecology, China: www.sciencep.com., Hu H., Wei Y., 2006, 1-1023