Merismopedia

Merismopedia (from the Greek merismos [division] and the Greek pedion [plain]) is a genus of cyanobacteria found in fresh and salt water. It is ovoid or spherical in shape and arranged in rows and flats, forming rectangular colonies held together by a mucilaginous matrix. Species in this genus divide in only two directions, creating a characteristic grid-like pattern.^[2]

Merismopedia
Merismopedia sp.
Scientific classification
Domain:	Bacteria
Kingdom:	Bacillati
Phylum:	Cyanobacteriota
Class:	Cyanophyceae
Order:	Synechococcales
Family:	Merismopediaceae
Genus:	Merismopedia Meyen, 1839[1]
Species
M. affixa M. angularis M. artica M. cantonensis M. chondroidea M. convoluta M. danubiana M. duplex M. elegans M. ferrophila M. glauca M. insignis M. litoralis M. marssonii M. minima M. paludosa M. punctata M. quadruplicata M. remota M. revoluta M. revolutivum M. sinica M. smithii M. tenuissima M. thermalis M. trolleri M. venezuelica M. warmingiana