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{{Short description|Species of alga}}
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|image = Micrasterias furcata 237514938.jpg
|taxon = Micrasterias furcata
|authority = ([[Carl Adolph Agardh|C.Agardh]]) ex [[John Ralfs|Ralfs]]
|synonyms =
* ''Micrasterias radiata'' <small>[[William West Jr. (botanist)|W.West]] & [[George Stephen West|G.S.West]]</small>
}}
'''''Micrasterias furcata''''' is a species of [[unicellular]] [[Desmidiaceae|desmid]] which inhabits [[freshwater]] areas. ''M. furcata'' is round, flattened and lobed in body plan.<ref name="Brook1981">{{cite book |author=Brook, Alan J. |title=The Biology of Desmids |publisher=University of California Press |location=Berkeley |year=1981 |isbn=0-520-04281-6 }}</ref>
==Description==
''M. furcata'' generally has a sphere-like body shape, with five lobes on each side, all 10 of the lobes divide into two other much smaller lobes which makes one side of ''M. furcata'' have 15 lobes (while also including those which divide into smaller lobes).<ref name="Brook1981">{{cite book |author=Brook, Alan J. |title=The Biology of Desmids |publisher=University of California Press |location=Berkeley |year=1981 |isbn=0-520-04281-6 }}</ref>
==References==
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[[Category:Desmidiaceae]]
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