Tags: Green Alga.
Morphology: Desmidium is one of the filamentous desmid genera characterized by rather firm intercellular connections. Cells connect to adjoining cells at the flat apical face of the cells. The cells can be longer or shorter than wide. A median constriction of the cells may appear either as distinct or faint. Desmidium cell walls are smooth with multiple side-by-side or scattered pores. Every semicell contains one stellate chloroplast.