Tetradesmus dimorphus

Tetradesmus dimorphus is a freshwater unicellular green algae in the class Chlorophyceae. The name means "having two forms".

Tetradesmus dimorphus
Scientific classification
(unranked): Viridiplantae
Division: Chlorophyta
Class: Chlorophyceae
Order: Sphaeropleales
Family: Scenedesmaceae
Genus: Tetradesmus
Species:
T. dimorphus
Binomial name
Tetradesmus dimorphus
(Turpin) M.J.Wynne, 2016
Synonyms
  • Scenedesmus dimorphus (Turpin) Kützing
  • Scenedesmus obliquus (Turpin) Kützing

Tetradesmus dimorphus consists of colonies of two, four or eight cells, which are arranged linearly or in a zigzag fashion, in one or two rows. Cells are (5–)6–25(–27) μm long and 2–9.4(–14) μm wide, broadly spindle-shaped, tapered to points at both ends. The inner cells are straight, while marginal cells are have ends that are slightly curved outwards.

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