''Scenedesmus dimorphus'' is a freshwater
unicellular
A unicellular organism, also known as a single-celled organism, is an organism that consists of a single cell, unlike a multicellular organism that consists of multiple cells. Organisms fall into two general categories: prokaryotic organisms and ...
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 ...
in the class
Chlorophyceae
The Chlorophyceae are one of the classes of green algae, distinguished mainly on the basis of ultrastructural morphology. They are usually green due to the dominance of pigments chlorophyll a and chlorophyll b. The chloroplast may be discoid, p ...
. The name means "having two forms".
Synonyms
Basionym
* ''Achnanthes dimorpha''
Turpin
Homotypic synonyms
* ''Scenedesmus obliquus'' var. ''dimorphus''
(Turpin) Hansgirg
* ''Scenedesmus acutus'' var. ''dimorphus''
(Turpin) Rabenhorst
* ''Achnanthes dimorpha''
Turpin, 1828
Heterotypic synonyms
* ''Scenedesmus antennatus''
Brébisson in Ralfs
* ''Scenedesmus costulatus''
Chodat
* ''Scenedesmus acutus'' var. ''obliquus''
Rabenhorst
See also
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Algaculture
Algaculture is a form of aquaculture involving the farming of species of algae.
The majority of algae that are intentionally cultivated fall into the category of microalgae (also referred to as phytoplankton, microphytes, or planktonic algae). M ...
References
External links
Picture of ''Scenedesmus dimorphus''
High lipid content microalgae
Sphaeropleales
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