Micrasterias furcata

Micrasterias furcata
Scientific classification
Clade:	Viridiplantae
(unranked):	Charophyta
Class:	Zygnematophyceae
Order:	Desmidiales
Family:	Desmidiaceae
Genus:	Micrasterias
Species:	M. furcata
Binomial name
	Micrasterias furcata; (C.Agardh) ex Ralfs
Synonyms
	Micrasterias radiata W.West & G.S.West;

Micrasterias furcata is a species of unicellular desmid which inhabits freshwater areas. M. furcata is round, flattened and lobed in body plan.^[1]

Description

M. furcata generally has a sphere-like body shape, with five lobes on each side, all 10 of the lobes divide into two other much smaller lobes which makes one side of M. furcata have 15 lobes (while also including those which divide into smaller lobes).^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b Brook, Alan J. (1981). The Biology of Desmids. Berkeley: University of California Press. ISBN 0-520-04281-6.

Guiry, M.D.; Guiry, G.M. "Micrasterias furcata". AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway.

This green algae-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

[Brook1981-1] Brook, Alan J. (1981). The Biology of Desmids. Berkeley: University of California Press. ISBN 0-520-04281-6.

[1]