Quadrigula | |
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Scientific classification
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(unranked): | Viridiplantae |
Division: | Chlorophyta |
Class: | Chlorophyceae |
Order: | Sphaeropleales |
Family: | Selenastraceae |
Genus: |
Quadrigula Printz |
Species | |
Quadrigula is a genus of green algae in the family Selenastraceae. [1] It is commonly found in freshwater habitats as phytoplankton. [2]
Quadrigula forms colonies of two, four, or cells within a common mucilaginous envelope. Cells are cigar-shaped, 7 to 45 μm long and 1 to 8 μm wide. The cells are bundled such that the long axes of cells are parallel to each other. The tips of the cells are rounded or acutely pointed. Cells contain a single nucleus and one parietal chloroplast; the chloroplast may or may not contain a pyrenoid. [2] [3]
Species identification relies on details of the cell size and shape. [3]