Tetradesmus

Tetradesmus
Tetradesmus wisconsinensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Clade: Viridiplantae
Division: Chlorophyta
Class: Chlorophyceae
Order: Sphaeropleales
Family: Scenedesmaceae
Genus: Tetradesmus
G.M.Smith
Species

Tetradesmus is a genus of green algae in the family Scenedesmaceae.[1] Species of Tetradesmus are found in a variety of habitats, including fresh water and biological soil crusts in deserts.[2]

  1. ^ See the NCBI webpage on Tetradesmus. Data extracted from the "NCBI taxonomy resources". National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved 2007-03-19.
  2. ^ Terlova, Elizaveta F.; Lewis, Louise A. (2019). "A new species of Tetradesmus (Chlorophyceae, Chlorophyta) isolated from desert soil crust habitats in southwestern North America". Plant and Fungal Systematics. 64: 25–32. doi:10.2478/pfs-2019-0004. S2CID 198490845.