Tetradesmus dimorphus
Scientific classification Edit this 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[1]
Synonyms
  • Scenedesmus dimorphus (Turpin) Kützing
  • Scenedesmus obliquus (Turpin) Kützing[2]

Tetradesmus dimorphus is a freshwater unicellular green algae in the class Chlorophyceae. The name means "having two forms".[2]

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.[3]

Synonyms[2]

Basionym

  • Achnanthes dimorpha Turpin

Homotypic synonyms

  • Achnanthes dimorpha Turpin, 1828
  • Scenedesmus obliquus var. dimorphus (Turpin) Hansgirg
  • Scenedesmus acutus var. dimorphus (Turpin) Rabenhorst
  • Scenedesmus dimorphus (Turpin) Kützing

Heterotypic synonyms

  • Scenedesmus antennatus Brébisson in Ralfs
  • Scenedesmus costulatus Chodat
  • Scenedesmus acutus var. obliquus Rabenhorst

See also

References

  1. ↑ Wynne, Michael J.; Hallan, Joel K. (2015). "Reinstatement of Tetradesmus G. M. Smith (Sphaeropleales, Chlorophyta)". Feddes Repertorium. 126 (3–4): 83–86. doi:10.1002/fedr.201500021.
  2. 1 2 3 Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 2011. Scenedesmus dimorphus (Turpin) Kützing. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. searched on 4 April 2011.
  3. ↑ D. M. John; Brian A. Whitton; Alan J. Brook, eds. (2002). The freshwater algal flora of the British Isles: an identification guide to freshwater and terrestrial algae. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-77051-4.


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.