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Tetrasporaceae
Sign in to saveThe Tetrasporaceae are a family of green algae, specifically of the Chlamydomonadales. They are found in freshwater habitats.
Species
ヨツメモ科
FAMILY
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumChlorophyta
- ClassChlorophyceae
- OrderTetrasporales
- FamilyTetrasporaceae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 18
- With media
- 12
- Family
- Tetrasporaceae
- Collections
- US, MEL
- Recorded in
- United States, Canada, Austria, Australia, Puerto Rico
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Chlamydomonadales
- Image
- Tetraspora gelatinosa.jpg
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- taxon name
- Tetrasporaceae
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- family
- Commons category
- Tetrasporaceae
- taxon common name
- ヨツメモ科
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The Tetrasporaceae are a family of green algae, specifically of the Chlamydomonadales. They are found in freshwater habitats.
Algae in the Tetrasporaceae are distinguished by having two or more pseudocilia per cell, which are described as "rigid cytoplasmic processes" that project outwards. Cells are borne in microscopic or macroscopic colonies, and these colonies typically consist of a gelatinous matrix in which the cells are embedded near the periphery, typically in twos, fours, or eights.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Tetrasporaceae” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.