''Atractomorpha'' is a genus in the

Sphaeropleaceae Sphaeropleaceae is a family of green algae in the order Sphaeropleales Sphaeropleales is an order of green algae that used to be called Chlorococcales. The order includes some of the most common freshwater planktonic algae such as ''Scenedesmu ...

, a family of

green algae The green algae (singular: green alga) are a group consisting of the Prasinodermophyta and its unnamed sister which contains the Chlorophyta and Charophyta/Streptophyta. The land plants (Embryophytes) have emerged deep in the Charophyte alga as ...

.See the NCBIbr>webpage on Atractomorpha
Data extracted from the The genus name is derived from the Greek and means something like "spindle-shaped" or "arrow-shaped". This apparently refers to the shape of the cells.

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Sphaeropleales genera Sphaeropleales {{Chlorophyceae-stub