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Michigan State University Algae (MSC)

Contacts: L. Alan Prather, Director, alan@msu.edu
Collection Type: Preserved Specimens
Management: Live Data managed directly within data portal
Global Unique Identifier: ee6e8e10-4af0-4359-a6e7-abd3b79b4dff
DwC-Archive Access Point: https://macroalgae.org/portal/content/dwca/MSC_DwC-A.zip
Digital Metadata: EML File
Usage Rights: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/
Collection Statistics
  • 4,339 specimen records
  • 3,892 (90%) georeferenced
  • 4,331 (100%) with images (4,339 total images)
  • 4,099 (94%) identified to species
  • 217 families
  • 633 genera
  • 1,806 species
  • 2,003 total taxa (including subsp. and var.)
Extra Statistics
Taxon Distribution
Taxon Distribution
  • Choaspis (1)
  • Mougeotia (17)
  • Mougeotiopsis (1)
  • Sirogonium (2)
  • Spirogyra (68)
  • Temnogyra (1)
  • Transeauina (1)
  • Zygnema (12)
  • Zygogonium (1)