#desmid  freshwater green algae
  supertype:  green_algae__greenalgae__chlorophyte  algae that are clear green in color; often growing on wet ricks or damp wood or the surface of stagnant water
  member of:  genus_Desmidium__Desmidium  a genus of protoctista
     member of:  family_Desmidiaceae__Desmidiaceae  unicellular algae
        member of:  class_Charophyceae__Charophyceae  in some classifications: contains only the order Charales
           member of:  division_Chlorophyta__Chlorophyta  large division of chiefly freshwater eukaryotic algae that possess chlorophyll a and b, store food as starch, and cellulose cell walls; classes Chlorophyceae, Ulvophyceae, and Charophyceae; obviously ancestral to land plants
              member of:  kingdom_Protoctista__Protoctista  in most modern classifications, replacement for the Protista; includes: Protozoa; Euglenophyta; Chlorophyta; Cryptophyta; Heterokontophyta; Rhodophyta; unicellular protists and their descendant multicellular organisms: regarded as distinct from plants and animals

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