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Tetraspores
Extracted from the Wikipedia article Tetraspore.
Tetraspores are red algaespores produced by the tetrasporophytic (diploid) phase in the life history of algae in the Rhodophyta as a result of meiosis. The name is derived from the 4 spores that form after this meiosis, the division is of three kinds: cruciate, zonate and tetrahedral.