Characium marinum

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Characium marinum
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Kingdom: Plantae
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).

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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. 1 2 3 E. M. Burrows (1991). Chlorophyta. Seaweeds of the British Isles. Vol. 2. London: Natural History Museum. ISBN   0-565-00981-8.
  2. 1 2 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
  3. ↑ Morton, O. 1994. Marine Algae of Northern Ireland. Ulster Museum. ISBN   0-900761-28-8
  4. ↑ Levring, T. (1937). "Zur Kenntnis der Algenflora der Norwegischen Westküste". Lunds Universitets Årsskrift. N.F. avd. 2 (in German). 33 (8): 1–148.
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