Freshwater Algae of North America Class Zygnematophyceae C.Hoek, D.G.Mann & H.M. Jahns (1995), nom. inval. - conjugating green algae see Class Zygnematophyceae Round ex Guiry (2013) Order Zygnematales [paraphyletic] - filamentous conjugates and saccoderm desmids Genus Mesotaenium Nägeli (1849) Mesotaenium testaceovaginatum Fučiková, J.D. Hall, J. Johansen & R. Lowe