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Characium
Sign in to saveCharacium is a genus of green algae in the family Characiaceae. It is very commonly found in freshwater habitats, where it is attached to phytoplankton or zooplankton.
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Vinony's link graph records 9 inbound references to Characium, and connects out to plant, International Standard Book Number and Wikidata.
It is catalogued under topics including Sphaeropleales and Sphaeropleales genera.
Vinony links it to 3 Wikipedia language editions.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumChlorophyta
- ClassChlorophyceae
- OrderSphaeropleales
- FamilyCharaciaceae
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 113
- With media
- 78
- Family
- Characiaceae
- Collections
- US, CCBA-FMVZ-UADY, NY, MICH, YPM
- Recorded in
- United States, Mexico, Sweden, France, Germany
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Characiaceae
- Image
- Characium hookeri.png
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- Characium
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- カラキウム属
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- Characium
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Encyclopedic overview
4 sectionsContents
- Description
- Identification
- Species list
- References
Characium is a genus of green algae in the family Characiaceae. It is very commonly found in freshwater habitats, where it is attached to phytoplankton or zooplankton.
==Description== Characium consists of single or rarely clustered cells. They are attached to a plant or animal substrate (thus epiphytic or epizoic), via a stalk or a circular pad. The cells have diverse shapes, ranging from fusiform to club-shaped or spherical, and are variously straight, hooked, or S-shaped. Cells usually contain a single parietal chloroplast filling the cell, with a central pyrenoid. In some species, the chloroplasts fragment into multiple plastids, each with one pyrenoid. Mature cells have one nucleus (are uninucleate).
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