Tetradesmus dimorphus explained

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

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.^[1]

Synonyms

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

• Algaculture

External links

• Picture of Scenedesmus dimorphus

Notes and References

1. Book: D. M. John . Brian A. Whitton . Alan J. Brook . The freshwater algal flora of the British Isles: an identification guide to freshwater and terrestrial algae. 2002. Cambridge University Press. 978-0-521-77051-4.