Micrasterias furcata

Micrasterias
Micrasterias furcata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Division:	Charophyta
Class:	Zygnemophyceae
Order:	Desmidiales
Family:	Desmidiaceae
Genus:	Micrasterias
Species:	M. furcata
Binomial name
Micrasterias furcata (C.Agardh) ex Ralfs
Synonyms
Micrasterias radiata W.West & G.S.West

Micrasterias furcata is a species of freshwater single-celled desmid. M. furcata is round, flattened and lobed in body plan.^[1]

Guiry, M.D.; Guiry, G.M. (2008). "''Micrasterias furcata''". AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. http://www.algaebase.org/search/species/detail/?species_id=29009. 

References

1. ^ Brook, Alan J. (1981). The Biology of Desmids. Berkeley: University of California Press. ISBN 0-520-04281-6.