Tetraselmis
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Tetraselmis is a genus of phytoplankton
. Tetraselmis has a very high lipid level; their amino acids stimulate feeding in marine organisms . Tetraselmis is green, motile, and usually grows 10 µm long x 14 µm wide.
The species T. convolutae is a symbiont of the acoelomate
animal Symsagittifera roscoffensis
(and can also live freely in the ocean).
Phytoplankton
Phytoplankton are the autotrophic component of the plankton community. The name comes from the Greek words φυτόν , meaning "plant", and πλαγκτός , meaning "wanderer" or "drifter". Most phytoplankton are too small to be individually seen with the unaided eye...
. Tetraselmis has a very high lipid level; their amino acids stimulate feeding in marine organisms . Tetraselmis is green, motile, and usually grows 10 µm long x 14 µm wide.
The species T. convolutae is a symbiont of the acoelomate
Acoela
Acoela is an order of animals treated either as a group of flatworms or as one of the two classes of the phylum Acoelomorpha, containing the majority of that phylum's species. It contains about 20 families....
animal Symsagittifera roscoffensis
Symsagittifera roscoffensis
Symsagittifera roscoffensis, formerly called Convoluta roscoffensis, is a free-living acoelomorph worm.-Appearance:Symsagittifera roscoffensis is a small flat worm. Due to the algae, Tetraselmis convolutae, which it assimilates into its body cavity, it has green colour...
(and can also live freely in the ocean).
Species
- Tetraselmis alacris Butcher
- Tetraselmis apiculata (Butcher) Butcher
- Tetraselmis ascus (Proskauer) R. E. Norris, Hori & Chihara
- Tetraselmis astigmatica R. E. Norris & Hori
- Tetraselmis chuii Butcher
- Tetraselmis convolutae Parke & Manton
- Tetraselmis cordiformis (N. Carter) S. F. N. Stein
- Tetraselmis desikacharyi Matin, Hoef-Emden & Melkonian
- Tetraselmis gracilis (Kylin) Butcher
- Tetraselmis hazeni Butcher
- Tetraselmis impellucida (McLachlan & Parke) Norris, Hori & Chihara
- Tetraselmis inconspicua Butcher
- Tetraselmis levis Butcher
- Tetraselmis maculata Butcher
- Tetraselmis marina (Cienkowski) R. E. Norris, Hori & Chihara
- Tetraselmis micropapillata
- Tetraselmis rubens Butcher
- Tetraselmis striata Butcher
- Tetraselmis suecicaTetraselmis suecicaTetraselmis suecica is a marine green alga. It grows as single, motile cells visible under light microscope up to concentrations over one million cells per milliliter. It can be grown as a foodstock in aquaculture, being amenable to species such as rotifers of the genus Brachionus....
(Kylin) Butcher - Tetraselmis tetrabrachia inedit.
- Tetraselmis tetrathele (West) Bucher
- Tetraselmis verrucosa Butcher
- Tetraselmis wettsteinii (Schiller) Throndsen