image_list image_listE

Chlorophyceae: Chlorococcales: Scenedesmaceae

Tetradesmus sp.
xxxx Genus: Planktonic; colony of 4 cells; cell body crescent in shape, both ends pointed; four cells radially arranged by attaching at the outward mid-region; a single chloroplast plate-like in shape, slightly curved, with a pyrenoid (Guide book to the "Photomicrographs of the Freshwater Algae", 1998).
Species:

Tetradesmus a single cell, cell body crescent in shape, 34 μm long, 5.5 μm wide, x 400, x 640, Uruguay, November 1999, photo by Yuuji Tsukii
scale 50 μm scale 100 μm scale 150 μm; x 400 : scale 31 μm scale 63 μm scale 94 μm; x 640
Tetradesmus Tetradesmus


Please click on images for viewing enlarged.
Copyright Protist Information Server