Characiopodium is a genus of green algae in the family Sphaeropleaceae.[1] It occurs in soils.[2]
| Characiopodium | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Clade: | Viridiplantae |
| Division: | Chlorophyta |
| Class: | Chlorophyceae |
| Order: | Sphaeropleales |
| Family: | Sphaeropleaceae |
| Genus: | Characiopodium G.L.Floyd & Shin Watanabe |
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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
edit- ^ Guiry, M.D.; Guiry, G.M. "Characiopodium". AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway.
- ^ a b c Ettl, Hanuš; Gärtner, Georg (2013). Syllabus der Boden-, Luft- und Flechtenalgen (in German) (2nd ed.). Springer-Verlag. ISBN 9783642394614.
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