Dimorphococcus

Dimorphococcus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Viridiplantae
Phylum:	Chlorophyta
Class:	Chlorophyceae
Order:	Sphaeropleales
Family:	Scenedesmaceae
Genus:	Dimorphococcus
Species
D. lunatus

In taxonomy, Dimorphococcus is a genus of fresh water algae, specifically of the Scenedesmaceae.^[1]

Dimorphococcus is usually found in small colonies of multiples of four cells, surrounded by a gelatinous mass.

References

1. ^ See the NCBI webpage on Dimorphococcus. Data extracted from the "NCBI taxonomy resources". National Center for Biotechnology Information. ftp://ftp.ncbi.nih.gov/pub/taxonomy/. Retrieved 2007-03-19. 

External links

• Pictures and description of Dimorphococcus

Scientific references

• PubMed references for Dimorphococcus
• PubMed Central references for Dimorphococcus
• Google Scholar references for Dimorphococcus

Scientific databases

• NCBI taxonomy page for Dimorphococcus
• Search Tree of Life taxonomy pages for Dimorphococcus
• Search Species2000 page for Dimorphococcus

• AlgaeBase

• AlgaTerra database

• Index Nominum Genericorum