Kingdom Plantae Class Chlorophyceae Family Characiaceae Rank Species | Division Chlorophyta Order Sphaeropleales Genus Characium | |
Characium marinum is a species of green algae (Chlorophyta).
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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.
Ecology
Epiphytic on other marine algae. and eastern Canada
Distribution
Recorded from Svalbard (Norway), Sweden, once in Ireland (County Down), twice in Great Britain, under-recorded. and eastern Canada.
References
Characium marinum Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA