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Division Chlorophyta - Green Algae

Class Chlorophyceae
- Order Chaetophorales
  - Family Chaetophoraceae
    - Genus Aphanochaete
      - Aphanochaete polychaete
      - Aphanochaete repens
      - Aphanochaete vermiculoides
    - Genus Chaetonema
      - Chaetonema irregulare
    - Genus Chaetopeltis
      - Chaetopeltis americana
      - Chaetopeltis orbicularis
    - Genus Chaetophora
      - Chaetophora attenuata
      - Chaetophora elegans
      - Chaetophora incrassata
      - Chaetophora pisiformis
    - Genus Draparnaldia
      - Draparnaldia acuta
      - Draparnaldia glomerata
      - Draparnaldia judayi
      - Draparnaldia platyzonata
      - Draparnaldia plumosa
    - Genus Entocladia
      - Entocladia polymorpha
    - Genus Microthamnion
      - Microthamnion kuetzingianum
      - Microthamnion strictissimum
    - Genus Protoderma
      - Protoderma viride
    - Genus Pseudouvella
      - Pseuduvella americana
    - Genus Stigeoclonium
      - Stigeoclonium attenuatum
      - Stigeoclonium flagelliferum
      - Stigeoclonium lubricum
      - Stigeoclonium nanum
      - Stigeoclonium pachydermum
      - Stigeoclonium polymorphum
      - Stigeoclonium stagnatile
      - Stigeoclonium subsecundum
      - Stigeoclonium tenue
  - Family Coleochaetaceae
    - Genus Coleochaete
      - Coleochaete divergens
      - Coleochaete irregularis
      - Coleochaete orbicularis
      - Coleochaete pulvinata
      - Coleochaete nitellarum
      - Coleochaete scutata
      - Coleochaete solutum
  - Family Trentepohliaceae
    - Genus Gongrosira
      - Gongrosira debaryana
      - Gongrosira lacustris
    - Genus Trentepohlia
      - Trentepohlia aurea
      - Trentepohlia iolithus
- Order Cladophorales
  - Family Cladophoraceae
    - Genus Basicladia
      - Basicladia chelonum
      - Basicladia crassa
    - Genus Cladophora
      - Cladophora callicoma
      - Cladophora crispata
      - Cladophora fracta
      - Cladophora glomerata
      - Cladophora insignis
      - Cladophora oligoclona
      - Cladophora profunda
- Order Oedogoniales
  - Family Oedogoniaceae
    - Genus Bulbochaete
      - Bulbochaete alabamensis
      - Bulbochaete angulosa
      - Bulbochaete borealis
      - Bulbochaete brebissonii
      - Bulbochaete congener
      - Bulbochaete crenulata
      - Bulbochaete crassa
      - Bulbochaete crassiuscula
      - Bulbochaete dispar
      - Bulbochaete elatior
      - Bulbochaete furberae
      - Bulbochaete gigantea
      - Bulbochaete hiloensis
      - Bulbochaete insignis
      - Bulbochaete intermedia
      - Bulbochaete minor
      - Bulbochaete minuta
      - Bulbochaete mirabilis
      - Bulbochaete nordstedtii
      - Bulbochaete obliqua
      - Bulbochaete polyandria
      - Bulbochaete praereticulata
      - Bulbochaete pygmaea
      - Bulbochaete rectangularis
      - Bulbochaete regalis
      - Bulbochaete repanda
      - Bulbochaete reticulata
      - Bulbochaete scrobiculata
      - Bulbochaete sessilis
      - Bulbochaete setigera
      - Bulbochaete tenuis
      - Bulbochaete valida
      - Bulbochaete varians
    - Genus Oedocladium
    - Genus Oedogonium *#
      - Oedogonium abbreviatum
      - Oedogonium ackleyae
      - Oedogonium acrosporum
      - Oedogonium ahlstrandii
      - Oedogonium ambiceps
      - Oedogonium americanum
      - Oedogonium amplum
      - Oedogonium angustissimum
      - Oedogonium angustum
      - Oedogonium anomalum
      - Oedogonium areolatum
      - Oedogonium areoliferum
      - Oedogonium areschougii
      - Oedogonium argenteum
      - Oedogonium austale
      - Oedogonium autumnale
      - Oedogonium bohemicum
      - Oedogonium borisanum
      - Oedogonium boscii
      - Oedogonium brasiliense
      - Oedogonium braunii
      - Oedogonium calvum
      - Oedogonium capillare
      - Oedogonium capilliforme
      - Oedogonium cardiacum
      - Oedogonium carolinianum
      - Oedogonium ciliatum
      - Oedogonium concatenatum
      - Oedogonium crassiusculum
      - Oedogonium crassum
      - Oedogonium crenulatocostatum
      - Oedogonium crispum
      - Oedogonium croasdaleae
      - Oedogonium cryptoporum
      - Oedogonium curtum
      - Oedogonium cyathigerum
      - Oedogonium decipiens
      - Oedogonium depressum
      - Oedogonium diversum
      - Oedogonium echinospermum
      - Oedogonium epiphyticum
      - Oedogonium exocostatum
      - Oedogonium fennicum
      - Oedogonium fragile
      - Oedogonium gallicum
      - Oedogonium giganteum
      - Oedogonium globosum
      - Oedogonium gracilimum
      - Oedogonium gracilius
      - Oedogonium grande
      - Oedogonium gunnii
      - Oedogonium hians
      - Oedogonium hirnii
      - Oedogonium hispidum
      - Oedogonium howardii
      - Oedogonium hystricinum
      - Oedogonium idioandrosporum
      - Oedogonium inclusum
      - Oedogonium inconspicuum
      - Oedogonium intermedium
      - Oedogonium iowense
      - Oedogonium irregulare
      - Oedogonium itzigsohnii
      - Oedogonium kjellmanii
      - Oedogonium kozminskii
      - Oedogonium kurzii
      - Oedogonium laeve
      - Oedogonium landsboroughii
      - Oedogonium latiusculum
      - Oedogonium lautumniarum
      - Oedogonium longatum
      - Oedogonium longiarticulatum
      - Oedogonium macrandrium
      - Oedogonium macrospermum
      - Oedogonium magnum
      - Oedogonium magnusii
      - Oedogonium majus
      - Oedogonium megaporum
      - Oedogonium mexicanum
      - Oedogonium michiganense
      - Oedogonium microgonium
      - Oedogonium minisporum
      - Oedogonium minus
      - Oedogonium mitratum
      - Oedogonium monile
      - Oedogonium moniliforme
      - Oedogonium multisporum
      - Oedogonium nanum
      - Oedogonium nodulosum
      - Oedogonium oblongum
      - Oedogonium oelandicum
      - Oedogonium orientale
      - Oedogonium oviforme
      - Oedogonium pachydermum
      - Oedogonium paludosum
      - Oedogonium patulum
      - Oedogonium paucostritum
      - Oedogonium perfectum
      - Oedogonium pisanum
      - Oedogonium plagiostomum
      - Oedogonium plusiosporum
      - Oedogonium poecilosporum
      - Oedogonium polyandrium
      - Oedogonium porrectum
      - Oedogonium pratense
      - Oedogonium princeps
      - Oedogonium pringsheimi
      - Oedogonium psaegmatosporum
      - Oedogonium pseudo-boscii
      - Oedogonium pseudoplenum
      - Oedogonium punctatostriatum
      - Oedogonium pusillum
      - Oedogonium pyriforme
      - Oedogonium reinschii
      - Oedogonium richterianum
      - Oedogonium rivulare
      - Oedogonium rufescens
      - Oedogonium rugulosum
      - Oedogonium sancti-thomae
      - Oedogonium sawyerii
      - Oedogonium sexanulare
      - Oedogonium sinuatum
      - Oedogonium smithii
      - Oedogonium sociale
      - Oedogonium sodiroanum
      - Oedogonium spheroideum
      - Oedogonium spiralidens
      - Oedogonium spirostriatum
      - Oedogonium spurium
      - Oedogonium stellatum
      - Oedogonium striatum
      - Oedogonium subplenum
      - Oedogonium subsexangulare
      - Oedogonium suecicum
      - Oedogonium tapeinosporum
      - Oedogonium taphrosporum
      - Oedogonium tiffanyi
      - Oedogonium trioicum
      - Oedogonium tyrolicum
      - Oedogonium undulatum
      - Oedogonium upsaliense
      - Oedogonium urceolatum
      - Oedogonium varians
      - Oedogonium vaucherii
      - Oedogonium verrucosum
      - Oedogonium vulgare
      - Oedogonium welwitschii
      - Oedogonium westii
      - Oedogonium wolleanum
      - Oedogonium wyliei
- Order Schizogoniales
- Order Siphonales
  - Family Phyllosiphonaceae
    - Genus Phyllosiphon
      - Phyllosiphon arisari
  - Family Vaucheriaceae
    - Genus Dichotomosiphon
      - Dichotomosiphon tuberosus
    - Genus Vaucheria
      - Vaucheria aversa
      - Vaucheria geminata
      - Vaucheria hamata
      - Vaucheria longipes
      - Vaucheria nicholsii
      - Vaucheria ornithocephala
      - Vaucheria pachydermum
      - Vaucheria polysperma
      - Vaucheria orthocarpa
      - Vaucheria terrestris
      - Vaucheria sessilis
- Order Tetrasporales
  - Family Chloroangiaceae
    - Genus Chlorangium
      - Chlorangium stentorium
- Order Ulotrichales
  - Suborder Schizomeridineae
    - Family Schizomeridaceae
      - Genus Schizomeris
        
        Schizomeris leibleinii
  - Suborder Ulotrichineae
    - Family Ulotrichaceae
      - Genus Binuclearia
        
        Binuclearia tatrana
      - Genus Hormidium
        
        Hormidium klebsii
      - Genus Stichococcus *#
        
        Stichococcus bacillaris
        
        Stichococcus scopulinus H
        
        Stichococcus subtilis
      - Genus Ulothrix *#
        
        Ulothrix aequalis
        
        Ulothrix cylindricum
        
        Ulothrix subconstricta H
        
        Ulothrix subtilissima
        
        Ulothrix tenerrima
        
        Ulothrix tenuissima
        
        Ulothrix variabilis
        
        Ulothrix zonata
      - Genus Uronema
        
        Uronema elongatum
- Order Ulvales
  - Family Ulvaceae
- Order Zygnematales
  - Family Zygnemataceae
    - Genus Zygogonium
      - Zygogonium ericetorum
Class Charophyceae
- Order Charales
  - Family Characeae
    - Tribe Chareae
      - Genus Chara
        
        Chara braunii
        
        Chara canescens
        
        Chara contraria
        
        Chara elegans
        
        Chara excelsa
        
        Chara formosa
        
        Chara fragilis
        
        Chara schweinitzii
        
        Chara sejuncta
        
        Chara vulgaris
    - Tribe Nitelleae
      - Genus Nitella
        
        Nitella batrachosperma
        
        Nitella flexilis
        
        Nitella opaca
        
        Nitella tenuissima
      - Genus Nitellopsis
        
        Nitellopsis obtusa E
      - Genus Tolypella
        
        Tolypella intricata

Division Chrysophyta

Class Chrysophyceae

Order Chrysotrichales

Family Phaeothamniaceae

Genus Phaeothamnion

Phaeothamnion confervicola

Class Bacillariophyceae - Diatoms (See - Checklist of Great Lakes Diatoms) - The list below highlights only those species found in the supplemental references. Be sure to click the above link if you want the full list!

Genus Eunotia #

Division Cyanophyta

Class Myxophyceae
- Order Hormogonales
  - SubOrder Homocystineae
    - Family Oscillatoriaceae
      - Genus Phormidium
        
        Phormidium ambiguum
        
        Phormidium autumnale
        
        Phormidium corium
        
        Phormidium favosum
        
        Phormidium incrustatum
        
        Phormidium inundatum
        
        Phormidium lucidum
        
        Phormidium minnesotense
        
        Phormidium mucicola
        
        Phormidium retzii
        
        Phormidium setchellianum
        
        Phormidium subfuscum
        
        Phormidium tenue
        
        Phormidium uncinatum
      - Genus Schizothrix
        
        Schizothrix fasciculata
        
        Schizothrix friesii
        
        Schizothrix fuscescens
        
        Schizothrix lacustris
        
        Schizothrix lardcea
        
        Schizothrix muelleri
        
        Schizothrix rivularis
        
        Schizothrix tinctoria
        
        Schizothrix vaginata
      - Genus Symploca
        
        Symploca muscorum
  - Suborder Heterocystineae

Division Phaeophyta

Class Phaeophyceae
- Order Sphacelariales
  - Family Sphacelariaceae
    - Genus Sphacelaria
      - Sphacelaria fluviatilis E
      - Sphacelaria lacustris E

Division Rhodophyta -- ?? Filamentous ??

Class Rhodophyceae
- Subclass Bangioideae
  - Order Bangiales
    - Family Goniotrichaceae
      - Genus Asterocystis
        
        Asterocystis smaragdina
    - Family Porphyridaceae
      - Genus Chroodactylon
        
        Chroodactylon ramosum E
- Subclass Florideae
  - Order Bangiales
    - Family Bangiaceae
      - Genus Bangia
        
        Bangia atropurpurea E
  - Order Nemalionales
    - Family Chantransiaceae
      - Genus Audouinella
        
        Audouinella violacea
    - Family Batrachospermaceae
      - Genus Batrachospermum
        
        Batrachospermum boryanum
        
        Batrachospermum dillenii
        
        Batrachospermum ectocarpum
        
        Batrachospermum moniliforme
        
        Batrachospermum vagum
    - Family Lemaneaceae
      - Genus Lemanea
        
        Lemanea fucina
      - Genus Tuomeya
        
        Tuomeya fluviatilis

Based on: G.W. Prescott. 1962. Algae of the Western Great Lakes Area. Wm. C. Brown Co., Inc.

Diatom List from - Stoermer, E. F., Kreis, R. G. Jr. and Andresen, N. A. 1999 Checklist of diatoms from the Laurentian Great lakes. II. J. Great Lakes Res. 25:515-566.

*Plankton in Lake Michigan 1983 - 1992 . EPA/GLNPO. Epilimnetic Phytoplankton and Zooplankton Biomass and Species Composition in Lake Michigan, 1983 to 1992. Joseph C. Makarewicz, Theodore Lewis and Paul Bertram. October 1994. [Reports Stylotheca aurea - Other references to this species of Chrysophyte cannot be found so this species is not included in the above list]

#Plankton in Lake Ontario 1986 - 1992. EPA/GLNPO. Epilimnetic Phytoplankton and Zooplankton Biomass and Species Composition in Lake Ontario, 1986 to 1992. Joseph C. Makarewicz, Theodore Lewis1 and Paul Bertram. July 1995.

E Great Lakes Aquatic Nonindigenous Species List.

Ds Dm Dh De Do - Dominant algae species of each Lake - Per Results From The Great Lakes National Program Office’s Biological Open Water Surveillance Program Of The Laurentian Great Lakes for 1998. EPA.

H Brown and Manny. 1983. Nearshore Plankton of Hammond Bay, Lake Huron. JGLR 9(4)523-529.

Additional taxonomic placements based on: Prescott. 1970. how to know the Freshwater Algae. Wm. C. Brown Co. [Ankyra, Chlorogonium, Lobomonas, Phacotus, Pyramidomonas, Sphaerellocystis, Bitrichia, Chromulina, Chrysarachnion, Chrysochromulina, Chrysococcus, Epipyxis, Kephyrion, Monosiga, Ochromonas, Pseudokephyrion, Salpingoeca, Stichogloea, Uroglena, Chilomonas, Rhodomonas, Amphidinium, Enteromorpha, Nitellopsis]

Additional taxonomic placements based on: Protist Information Server. [Chlamydocapsa, Monoraphidium, Planktonema, Selenastrum, Sphaerellopsis]

Additional taxonomic placements based on: European Register of Marine Species [Hymenomonas]

Additional taxonomic placements based on: Systema Naturae 2000 [Paraphysomonas, Spiniferomonas]

Additional taxonomic placements based on: VCR LTER Biodiversity Database [Coccochloris]

?Additional Taxonomy, uncertain.[Chodatellopsis, Diplochloris, Echinocoleum, Gloedactinium, Chrysolykos, Isthmochloron, Sphacelariales]

Endophytic

Epizooic

Epiphytic

Tangled to form benthic mats, cushions, or globose colonies

Erect, unbranched filaments organized into erect 'colonies'

Wollea

Symploca

Schizomeris

Erect, unbranched filaments (simple)

Erect Branched filaments

Macroalgae (complex 'filaments')

Algae Links

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