{{Short description|Genus of algae}} {{For|the dispersion of population|Diaspora}} {{Automatic taxobox | image = Dispora crucigenioides fig 13-15.jpg | image_caption = ''Dispora crucigneioides'' | taxon = Dispora | authority = Printz<ref name=AB_g43401/> | type_species = ''Dispora crucigenioides'' | type_species_authority = Printz<ref name=AB_g43401/> | subdivision_ranks = Species | subdivision_ref = <ref name=AB_g43401/> | subdivision = * ''Dispora crucigenioides'' <small>Printz</small> * ''Dispora cuneiformis'' <small>(Schmidle) Printz</small> * ''Dispora globosa'' <small>C.E.M.Bicudo & R.M.T.Bicudo</small> }}
'''''Dispora''''' is a genus of green algae, in the family Coccomyxaceae.<ref name=AB_g43401>{{AlgaeBase genus|name=Dispora|id=43401|access-date=2022-02-23}}</ref> It is found in freshwater habitats especially in those with low pH, but it is typically uncommon or rare.<ref name=Shubert2014>{{cite book |editor-first1=John D.|editor-last1=Wehr|editor-first2=Robert G.|editor-last2=Sheath|editor-first3=J. Patrick|editor-last3=Kociolek |date= 2014 |edition=2 |title= Freshwater Algae of North America: Ecology and Classification |last1= Shubert|first1=Elliot| last2=Gärtner |first2=Georg |chapter= Chapter 7. Nonmotile Coccoid and Colonial Green Algae |url= |location= |publisher= Elsevier Inc. |page= |isbn=978-0-12-385876-4 }}</ref>
==Description== ''Dispora'' consists of microscopic colonies of cells, ranging from four to 128, in a homogeneous mucilage. Within the colony, cells are arranged in diads or tetrads, usually as a grid in a flat plane. One species, ''D. globosa'', has globular colonies. Cells are hemispherical, ovate, or triangular; cells are uninucleate with a single parietal chloroplast and no pyrenoids (except for ''D. globosa''). Cells reproduce by simple vegetative division, while colonies may reproduce by fragmentation.<ref name=AB_g43401/>
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==External links== * [https://web.archive.org/web/20070928163719/http://www.algaterra.org/ATDB/Names/NamesMain.cfm AlgaTerra database] * [http://botany.si.edu/ing/genusSearchTextMX.cfm Index Nominum Genericorum]
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Category:Trebouxiophyceae genera Category:Trebouxiophyceae Category:Enigmatic algae taxa
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