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Characium marinum

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Characium marinum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Clade: 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).

Description

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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

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Epiphytic on other marine algae.[2] and eastern Canada[1]

Distribution

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Recorded from Svalbard (Norway), Sweden, once in Ireland County Down,[3] twice in Great Britain, under-recorded.[2] and eastern Canada.[1]

Status

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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

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  1. ^ a b c E. M. Burrows (1991). Chlorophyta. Seaweeds of the British Isles. Vol. 2. London: Natural History Museum. ISBN 0-565-00981-8.
  2. ^ a b 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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