Biology:Characium marinum
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Short description: Species of alga
| Characium marinum | |
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Scientific classification 
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| (unranked): | Viridiplantae |
| Division: | Chlorophyta |
| Class: | Chlorophyceae |
| Order: | Sphaeropleales |
| Family: | Characiaceae |
| Genus: | Characium |
| Species: | C. marinum
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| Binomial name | |
| Characium marinum Kjellm.
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Characium marinum is a species of green algae (Chlorophyta).
Description
Characium marinum is a microscopic unicellular elongated oval algae growing attached epiphytically by a stalk various algae. The single chloroplast is parietal with a single pyrenoid.[1]
Ecology
Epiphytic on other marine algae.[2] and eastern Canada [1]
Distribution
Recorded from Svalbard (Norway), Sweden, once in Ireland County Down,[3] twice in Great Britain, under-recorded.[2] and eastern Canada .[1]
Status
The taxonomic status of this alga is unclear. According to the marine biologist T. Levring, Characium marinum probably represents germlings of Cladophora, a genus of marine algae.[4]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 E. M. Burrows (1991). Chlorophyta. Seaweeds of the British Isles. 2. London: Natural History Museum. ISBN 0-565-00981-8.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Hardy, F.G. and Guiry, M.D. 2003. A Check-list and Atlas of the Seaweeds of Britain and Ireland. British Phycological Society. ISBN:0-9527115-16
- ↑ Morton,O.1994. Marine Algae of Northern Ireland. Ulster Museum. ISBN:0-900761-28-8
- ↑ Levring, T. (1937). "Zur Kenntnis der Algenflora der Norwegischen Westküste" (in de). Lunds Universitets Årsskrift. N.F. avd. 2 33 (8): 1–148.
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q5073709 entry
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