Algae and diatoms of India
1,168 algae and diatoms are on the India list.
The India list: every species documented from India, across sources. Threatened: IUCN Red List Critically Endangered, Endangered or Vulnerable. The sources give no endemic mark for algae and diatoms yet. List of the week of 2026-11-09.
All algae and diatoms of India on the list (1,168)
- Acanthophora delilei
- Acanthophora muscoides
- Acanthophora spicifera prickly seaweed
- Acanthophora thierii
- Acetabularia caliculus Green Mermaid's Wine Glass
- Acetabularia crenulata Mermaid's Wine Glass
- Acetabularia jalakanyakae
- Acetabularia kilneri
- Achnanthes bengalensis
- Achnanthes elata
- Achnanthes exigua
- Achnanthes inflata
- Achnanthes javanica
- Achnanthes quadrijuga
- Achnanthes subsalsa
- Achnanthidium exilis
- Achnanthidium initium
- Achnanthidium lanceolatum
- Achnanthidium linannulum
- Acrochaetium crassipes
- Acrothamnion butleriae
- Actinocyclus curvatulus
- Actinocyclus ellipticus
- Actinocyclus normanii
- Actinocyclus octonarius
- Actinocyclus senarius
- Actinoptychus annulatus
- Actinoptychus senarius
- Actinoptychus undulatus
- Actinoptychus vulgaris
- Acutodesmus obliquus
- Adlafia kociolekii
- Agardhiella subulata
- Aglaothamnion cordatum
- Ahomia kamrupensis
- Ahomia meghalayensis
- Aliinostoc morphoplasticum
- Amazonocrinis malviyae
- Amphipleura pellucida
- Amphiprora gigantea
- Amphiroa anastomosans
- Amphiroa anceps
- Amphiroa fragilissima Fragile Coral Weed
- Amphora acutiuscula
- Amphora bongrainii
- Amphora coffeaeformis
- Amphora hyalina
- Amphora laevis
- Amphora lineolata
- Amphora ostrearia
- Amphora ovalis
- Amphora pediculus
- Amphora proteus
- Amphora tumida
- Amphora veneta
- Anadyomene stellata
- Ankistrodesmus convolutus
- Ankistrodesmus falcatus
- Ankistrodesmus fusiformis
- Anomoeoneis sphaerophora
- Anotrichium tenue
- Antithamnion cruciatum
- Antithamnion mcnabbi
- Antithamnion plumula
- Apatococcus lobatus
- Arachnoidiscus ehrenbergi
- Arachnoidiscus ornatus
- Arar eefatsrar
- Arthrocardia corymbosa
- Asparagopsis sanfordiana
- Asparagopsis taxiformis red sea plume
- Asterionella japonica
- Asterionella kariana
- Asterionella ralfsii
- Asterionellopsis glacialis
- Asterolampra marylandica
- Asteromphalus flabellatus
- Asteromphalus heptactis
- Asteromphalus sarcophagus
- Asteronema rhodochortonoides
- Attheya longicornis
- Audouinella endophytica
- Audouinella robusta
- Audouinella secundata
- Aulacoseira granulata
- Aulacoseira islandica
- Avrainvillea amadelpha leather mudweed
- Avrainvillea erecta
- Avrainvillea visakhapatnamensis
- Bachelotia antillarum
- Bacillaria paxillifer carpenter's rule diatom
- Bangia fusco-purpurea
- Bangiopsis franklynottii
- Bangiopsis subsimplex
- Bathycoccus prasinos
- Batrachospermum moniliforme
- Biddulphia alternans
- Biddulphia biddulphiana
- Biddulphia tridens
- Boergesenia forbesii
- Bolidomonas pacifica
- Boodlea composita
- Bornetella oligospora
- Botrydiopsis arhiza
- Botrydium granulatum
- Botryocladia leptopoda
- Botryocladia skottsbergii
- Botryococcus braunii
- Brachysira exilis
- Bracteacoccus bullatus
- Bracteacoccus pseudominor
- Bryopsis hypnoides Thicketweed
- Bryopsis indica
- Bryopsis pennata
- Bryopsis plumosa Hen Pen
- Bryopsis ramulosa
- Bulbochaete brebissonii
- Bulboplastis apyrenoidosa
- Calliblepharis fimbriata
- Calliblepharis jubata False eyelash weed
- Caloglossa beccarii
- Caloglossa leprieurii
- Caloglossa ogasawaraensis
- Caloneis amphisbaena
- Caloneis bacillaris
- Caloneis brevis
- Caloneis liber
- Caloneis limosa
- Caloneis ventricosa
- Campylodiscus daemelianus
- Campylodiscus echeneis
- Canistrocarpus crispatus
- Carpoblepharis obsoleta
- Carpopeltis bushiae
- Carpopeltis maillardii
- Catenella impudica
- Caulacanthus ustulatus
- Caulerpa ashmeadi
- Caulerpa crassifolia
- Caulerpa cupressoides cactus tree alga
- Caulerpa denticulata
- Caulerpa fastigiata
- Caulerpa fergusonii
- Caulerpa fergusonii
- Caulerpa filicoides
- Caulerpa lentillifera green caviar
- Caulerpa mexicana
- Caulerpa microphysa
- Caulerpa nummularia
- Caulerpa racemosa Sea Grapes
- Caulerpa racemosa chemnitzia
- Caulerpa racemosa corynephora
- Caulerpa racemosa peltata
- Caulerpa scalpelliformis Scalpel green seaweed
- Caulerpa sedoides
- Caulerpa serrulata Tooth Caulerpa
- Caulerpa sertularioides Green Feather Alga
- Caulerpa taxifolia Feather Caulerpa
- Caulerpa verticillata
- Centroceras clavulatum
- Centroceras hyalacanthum
- Cephaleuros karstenii
- Cephaleuros virescens Algal Leaf Spot
- Ceramium botryocarpum
- Ceramium cruciatum
- Ceramium deslongchampsii
- Ceramium diaphanum
- Ceramium gracillimum
- Ceramium nitens
- Ceramium procumbens
- Ceramium strictum
- Ceramium virgatum
- Cerataulina bergonii
- Cerataulina daemon
- Chaetoceros affinis
- Chaetoceros borealis
- Chaetoceros coarctatus
- Chaetoceros curvisetus
- Chaetoceros debilis
- Chaetoceros decipiens
- Chaetoceros didymus
- Chaetoceros elegans
- Chaetoceros laciniosus
- Chaetoceros laevisporus
- Chaetoceros lorenzianus
- Chaetoceros mannaii
- Chaetoceros muelleri
- Chaetoceros pendulus
- Chaetoceros radicans
- Chaetomorpha aerea
- Chaetomorpha antennina Antennate bristle alga
- Chaetomorpha brachygona
- Chaetomorpha capillaris
- Chaetomorpha coliformis sea emeralds
- Chaetomorpha linum Sea Hair
- Chaetomorpha litorea
- Chaetomorpha melagonium
- Chaetomorpha pachynema
- Chaetomorpha spiralis
- Chaetophora elegans
- Chaetosphaeridium globosum
- Chamaedoris auriculata
- Champia compressa Compressed Champia
- Champia parvula
- Chara aspera rough stonewort
- Chara brachypus DD
- Chara braunii Braun's stonewort
- Chara contraria opposite stonewort
- Chara corallina
- Chara diaphana
- Chara erythrogyna
- Chara fibrosa
- Chara globularis fragile stonewort
- Chara hydropitys
- Chara setosa DD
- Chara setosa DD
- Chara vulgaris common stonewort
- Chara vulgaris common stonewort
- Chara zeylanica
- Characium debaryanum
- Chlamydomonas asymmetrica
- Chlamydomyxa labrynthuloides
- Chlorella lewinii
- Chlorella pyrenoidosa
- Chlorella sorokiniana
- Chlorella variabilis
- Chlorella vulgaris
- Chlorococcum oleofaciens
- Chloroidium saccharophilum
- Chlorokybus atmophyticus
- Chlorosarcinopsis eremi
- Chlorotetraedron incus
- Chnoospora implexa
- Chnoospora minima
- Chondria armata
- Chondria atropurpurea
- Chondria dasyphylla
- Chondrococcus hornemanni
- Chondrus crispus Irish Moss
- Choricystis parasitica
- Ciliophrys infusionum
- Cladophora fascicularis
- Cladophora flexuosa
- Cladophora fracta
- Cladophora glomerata
- Cladophora laetivirens
- Cladophora lehmanniana
- Cladophora liebetruthii
- Cladophora pellucida
- Cladophora rivularis
- Cladophora sarcenica
- Cladophora saviniana
- Cladophora vagabunda
- Cladophoropsis javanica
- Cladophoropsis sundanensis
- Cladostephus spongiosus
- Climacodium frauenfeldianum
- Climacosphenia moniligera
- Cloniophora plumosa
- Cloniophora spicata
- Closterium aciculare
- Closterium acuminatum
- Closterium decorum
- Closterium dianae
- Closterium ehrenbergii
- Closterium intermedium
- Closterium leibleinii
- Closterium lineatum
- Closterium moniliferum
- Closterium striolatum
- Closterium venus
- Cocconeis britannica
- Cocconeis gracilariensis
- Cocconeis grovei
- Cocconeis heteroidea
- Cocconeis maxima
- Cocconeis pellucida
- Cocconeis reicheltii
- Cocconeis scutellum
- Codium adhaerens
- Codium arabicum
- Codium dwarkense
- Codium elongatum
- Codium flabellatum
- Codium ovale
- Codium taylori
- Codium tenue
- Codium tomentosum Velvet Horn
- Coelarthrum opuntia
- Coelastrella aeroterrestrica
- Coelastrella striolata
- Coelastrella terrestris
- Coelastrum cornutum
- Coelastrum cubicum
- Coelastrum indicum
- Coelastrum morus
- Coelastrum sphaericum
- Coelothrix irregularis
- Coleochaete orbicularis
- Coleochaete soluta
- Colpomenia sinuosa Oyster thief
- Compsonema gracile
- Compsopogon caeruleus
- Corallina officinalis Common Coralline
- Corethron criophilum
- Corethron inerme
- Corynomorpha prismatica
- Corynoplastis japonica
- Coscinodiscus asteromphalus
- Coscinodiscus centralis
- Coscinodiscus concinnus
- Coscinodiscus excentricus
- Coscinodiscus granii
- Coscinodiscus lewisianus
- Coscinodiscus lineatus
- Coscinodiscus oculus-iridis
- Coscinodiscus rothii
- Coscinodiscus sublineatus
- Coscinodiscus subtilis
- Cosmarium contractum
- Cosmarium depressum
- Cosmarium granatum
- Cosmarium moniliforme
- Cosmarium nitidulum
- Cosmarium pseudoconnatum
- Craspedodiscus coscinodiscus
- Craticula cuspidata
- Crucigenia apiculata
- Crucigenia fenestrata
- Crucigenia tetrapedia
- Crucigeniella apiculata
- Crustomastix stigmatica
- Cryptomonas indica
- Cryptonemia undulata
- Cyclotella choctawhatcheeana
- Cyclotella comta
- Cyclotella cryptica
- Cyclotella meneghiniana
- Cyclotella stelligera
- Cylindrocystis brebissonii
- Cylindrocystis cylindrospora
- Cylindrotheca closterium
- Cylindrotheca gracilis
- Cymatopleura solea
- Cymatosira belgica
- Cymbella affinis
- Cymbella amphicephala
- Cymbella aspera
- Cymbella bengalensis
- Cymbella cistula
- Cymbella elginsis
- Cymbella inaequalis
- Cymbella lanceolata
- Cymbella lata
- Cymbella maculata
- Cymbella parva
- Cymbella pavanaensis
- Cymbella tumida
- Cymbomonas tetramitiformis
- Cymbopleura tynnii
- Dasycladus clavaeformis
- Dasycladus ramosus
- Derbesia tenuissima
- Dermatochrysis himalayensis
- Dermonema frappieri
- Dermonema virens
- Desikacharya kailashaharensis
- Desikacharya nostocoides
- Desikacharya soli
- Desmia hornemannii
- Desmochloris halophila
- Desmogonium guianense
- Desmonostoc raii
- Dichotomosiphon tuberosus
- Dicloster acuatus
- Dictyocha speculum
- Dictyopteris australis
- Dictyopteris delicatula
- Dictyosphaeria cavernosa green bubble seaweed
- Dictyota atomaria
- Dictyota bartayresiana
- Dictyota ciliolata
- Dictyota dichotoma Forked ribbons
- Dictyurus purpurascens
- Diploneis bombus
- Diploneis crabro
- Diploneis elliptica
- Diploneis interrupta
- Diploneis mawsmaii
- Diploneis notabilis
- Diploneis novaeseelandiae
- Diploneis ovalis
- Diploneis smithii
- Diploneis suborbicularis
- Diploneis weissflogii
- Diplosphaera chodatii
- Ditylum brightwellii
- Dolichomastix tenuilepis
- Dulcicalothrix adhikaryi
- Dulcicalothrix iyengarii
- Dunaliella salina
- Dunaliella tertiolecta
- Eaprasiola japonica
- Ebria tripartita
- Ecballocystopsis himalayansis
- Echinella vitrea
- Ectocarpus breviarticulatus
- Edaphochlamys debaryana
- Elliptochloris marina
- Elliptochloris subsphaerica
- Encyonema caespitosum
- Encyonema gracile
- Encyonema keshrii
- Encyonema turgidum
- Enteromorpha clathrata
- Enteromorpha compressa
- Enteromorpha flexuosa
- Enteromorpha intestinalis hollow green seaweed
- Enteromorpha linza
- Enteromorpha prolifera
- Enteromorpha tubulosa
- Epithemia agharkarii
- Eremosphaera gigas
- Erythrotrichia carnea
- Ethmodiscus punctiger
- Euastrum ampullaceum
- Euastrum ansatum
- Euastrum spinulosum
- Eucocconeis lapponica
- Eudorina illinoisensis
- Eunotia arcus
- Eunotia fallax
- Eunotia glacialis
- Eunotia naegelii
- Eunotia pectinalis
- Eunotia praerupta
- Eunotia pseudopectinalis
- Eunotia valida
- Eupodiscus jonesianus
- Fallacia pygmaea
- Feldmannia filifera
- Feldmannia irregularis
- Feldmannia padinae
- Feldmannia renienii
- Feldmannia sahnienii
- Flintiella sanguinaria
- Fortiea necridiiformans
- Fosliella farinosa
- Fragilaria aurivillii
- Fragilaria bidens
- Fragilaria brevistriata
- Fragilaria capucina
- Fragilaria crotonensis
- Fragilaria hyalina
- Fragilaria intermedia
- Fragilaria oceanica
- Fragilaria pectinalis
- Fragilaria radians
- Fragilaria vaucheriae
- Fragilariopsis cylindrus
- Fragilariopsis doliolus
- Fritschiella tuberosa
- Frustulia aequalis
- Frustulia lewisiana
- Frustulia saxonica
- Frustulia vulgaris
- Fulbrightiella bharadwajae
- Galaxaura rugosa
- Galdieria sulphuraria
- Geissleria triundulata
- Gelidiella acerosa
- Gelidiopsis gracilis
- Gelidiopsis variabilis
- Gelidium capense Cape Jellyweed
- Gelidium corneum
- Gelidium pusillum
- Gelidium rigidum
- Giffordia conifera
- Giffordia indica
- Giffordia mitchelliae
- Giffordia ovata
- Giffordia sandriana
- Gleotrichia agarkarii
- Gomphonema adhikarii
- Gomphonema difformum
- Gomphonema diminutum
- Gomphonema dirangense
- Gomphonema doonensis
- Gomphonema gandhii
- Gomphonema gracile
- Gomphonema incrassata
- Gomphonema juetnerii
- Gomphonema kallarense
- Gomphonema kezlyae
- Gomphonema longiceps
- Gomphonema mayamae
- Gomphonema montanum
- Gomphonema olivaceum
- Gomphonema parvulum
- Gomphonema rajaguruii
The first 500 by name. See them on the map, with filters.
Algae and diatoms elsewhere
Andaman and Nicobar · Andhra Pradesh · Arunachal Pradesh · Assam · Bihar · Chhattisgarh · Dadra, Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu · Delhi · Goa · Gujarat · Haryana · Himachal Pradesh · Jammu and Kashmir · Karnataka · Kerala · Ladakh · Lakshadweep · Madhya Pradesh · Maharashtra · Manipur · Meghalaya · Odisha · Puducherry · Punjab · Rajasthan · Sikkim · Tamil Nadu · Tripura · Uttar Pradesh · Uttarakhand · West Bengal · Trans-Himalaya · Himalaya · Semi-Arid · Western Ghats · Deccan Peninsula · Gangetic Plain · Coasts · North-East · Islands
Other species of India
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