| Characium marinum | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| (unranked): | Viridiplantae |
| Division: | Chlorophyta |
| Class: | Chlorophyceae |
| Order: | Sphaeropleales |
| Family: | Characiaceae |
| Genus: | Characium |
| Species: | C. marinum |
| Binomial name | |
| Characium marinum | |
Characium marinum is a species of green algae (Chlorophyta).
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]
Recorded from Svalbard (Norway), Sweden, once in Ireland County Down, [3] twice in Great Britain, under-recorded. [2] and eastern Canada. [1]
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]
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