| Tetradesmus dimorphus | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Clade: | Viridiplantae |
| Division: | Chlorophyta |
| Class: | Chlorophyceae |
| Order: | Sphaeropleales |
| Family: | Scenedesmaceae |
| Genus: | Tetradesmus |
| Species: | T. dimorphus
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| Binomial name | |
| Tetradesmus dimorphus (Turpin) M.J.Wynne, 2016[1]
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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 have ends that are slightly curved outwards.[3]
- ^ 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.
- ^ a b 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.
- ^ 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.