Tetrasporales

plural noun

Tet·​ra·​spo·​ra·​les

: an order of green algae having vegetative cells that are immobile but capable of changing temporarily into a motile stage and that form colonies that are not filamentous and are often amorphous

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from Tetraspora, genus of green algae (from tetra- + -spora) + -ales

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