Characiopodium
| Characiopodium | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Division: | Chlorophyta |
| Class: | Chlorophyceae |
| Order: | Sphaeropleales |
| Family: | Sphaeropleaceae |
| Genus: | G.L.Floyd & Shin Watanabe |
| Type species | |
| Characiopodium typicum (K.W.Lee & Bold) G.L.Floyd & Shin Watanabe[1] | |
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Characiopodium is a genus of green algae in the family Sphaeropleaceae.[1] It occurs in soils.[2]
Characiopodium consists of cells that are attached to a substrate; the cell body is ellipsoidal, spindle-shaped, or cylindrical, with an adhesive disc. The chloroplast is typically cup- or band-shaped, sometimes stellate and branched; chloroplasts bear one or rarely several pyrenoids. Characiopodium reproduces asexually via zoospores with two flagella, more rarely with aplanospores.[2]
Morphologically, Characiopodium is very similar to Characium; however, Characiopodium is multinucleate while Characium is uninucleate.[2]
References
- ^ a b Guiry, M.D.; Guiry, G.M. "Characiopodium". AlgaeBase. University of Galway.
- ^ a b c Ettl, Hanuš; Gärtner, Georg (2013). Syllabus der Boden-, Luft- und Flechtenalgen (in German) (2nd ed.). Springer-Verlag. ISBN 9783642394614.