in mucus
Description:
Tetraspora (tet-ra-spore-a), a volvocalean green alga in which the cells are located within a mucus matrix. Like Chlamydomonas, there are two apical flagella inserting into an ovate cell, anterior contractile vacuoles, and there is a single large cup-shaped chloroplast. Phase contrast.
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- Life (creatures)
- Cellular (cellular organisms)
- Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
- Archaeplastida (plants)
- Chloroplastida (green plants)
- Chlorophyta (chlorophytes)
- Chlorophyceae
- Tetrasporales
- Tetrasporaceae
- Tetraspora
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