Characium: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Chlorophyta
- Class
- Chlorophyceae
- Order
- Sphaeropleales
- Family
- Characiaceae
- Genus
- Characium
- Species
- Scientific Name
- Characium
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Characium
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.
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Parent Taxon
Sibling Taxa
Child Taxa
- Characium acuminatum
- Characium ambiguum
- Characium braunii
- Characium cylindricum
- Characium debaryanum
- Characium groenlandicum
- Characium limneticum
- Characium naegelii
- Characium nasutum
- Characium obtusum
- Characium operculum
- Characium ornithocephalum
- Characium pseudopyriforme
- Characium pyriforme
- Characium rostratum
- Characium sieboldii
- Characium stipitatum
- Characium strictum
- Characium subulatum
- Characium westianum