Chaetosphaeridium
{{Short description|Genus of algae}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| image = Chaetosphaeridium globosum 168080226.jpg
| image_caption = Chaetosphaeridium globosum
| taxon = Chaetosphaeridium
| authority = Klebahn
| synonyms = Nordstedtia {{small|Borzì, 1892}}
}}
Chaetosphaeridium is a genus of green algae. Several classifications have been proposed. Its traditional classification is in the order Coleochaetales, related to the genus Coleochaete.{{Cite journal | doi = 10.3732/ajb.91.3.313 | title = Cytokinesis in Coleochaete orbicularis (Charophyceae): an ancestral mechanism inherited by plants | year = 2004 | author = Cook, M. E. | journal = American Journal of Botany | volume = 91 | pages = 313–20 | issue = 3 | pmid = 21653388 | doi-access = free }}{{cite journal | author = Lewis, L. A & R. M. McCourt | year = 2004 | title = Green algae and the origin of land plants | journal = American Journal of Botany | volume = 91 | issue = 10 | pages = 1535–1556 | doi = 10.3732/ajb.91.10.1535 | pmid = 21652308 }} AlgaeBase places it in the order Chaetosphaeridiales.{{AlgaeBase genus|name=Chaetosphaeridium|id=43508}}
Species
Species include:{{cite web|last=Guiry|first=M.D.|last2=Guiry|first2=G.M.|year=2008|title=Chaetosphaeridium|work=AlgaeBase|publisher=World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway|url=http://www.algaebase.org/search/genus/detail/?genus_id=43508|accessdate= 2009-02-21}}
- C. globosum {{small|(Nordst.) Kleb.}}
- C. huberi
- C. minus
- C. ovalis {{small|G.M.Smith, 1916}}
- C. pringsheimii {{small|Kleb.}}
GBIF only accepts Chaetosphaeridium globosum, Chaetosphaeridium ovalis and Chaetosphaeridium pringsheimii.