Characium marinum

Characium marinum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum: Chlorophyta
Class: Chlorophyceae
Order: Sphaeropleales
Family: Characiaceae
Genus: Characium
Species: C. marinum
Binomial name
Characium marinum
Kjellm.

Characium marinum is a species of green algae (Chlorophyta).

Description

C. 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]

References

  1. 1 2 3 E. M. Burrows (1991). Chlorophyta. Seaweeds of the British Isles. 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

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