Dolichomastix tenuilepis

Dolichomastix tenuilepis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Chlorophyta
Class: Mamiellophyceae
Order: Dolichomastigales
Genus: Dolichomastix
Species:
D. tenuilepis
Binomial name
Dolichomastix tenuilepis
Throndsen & Zingone 1997

Dolichomastix tenuilepis is a unicellular alga of the order Dolichomastigales, family Dolichomastigaceae. The species inhabits marine environments. Specimens were collected in Niskin bottles at a station on the island of Capri on July 6, 1994. The species is distinguished from other Dolichomastix species primarily by its scales, which are not radiated.