Nitella tenuissima

{{Short description|Species of alga}}

{{Speciesbox

| image = Nitella tenuissima 175124051.jpg

| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |last1=Mani |first1=S. |year=2011 |title=Nitella tenuissima |volume=2011 |page=e.T177289A7406813 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-1.RLTS.T177289A7406813.en |access-date=2 January 2025}}

| genus = Nitella

| species = tenuissima

| authority = (Desvaux) Kützing, 1843

}}

Nitella tenuissima is a species of alga belonging to the family Characeae.{{cite web |title=Nitella tenuissima (Desvaux) Kützing 1843 :: Algaebase |url=https://www.algaebase.org/search/species/detail/?species_id=35599 |website=www.algaebase.org |access-date=5 February 2021}}

It has cosmopolitan distribution.{{cite web |title=Nitella tenuissima (Desv.) Kütz. |url=https://www.gbif.org/species/2637958 |website=www.gbif.org |access-date=5 February 2021 |language=en}}