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Characiopodium

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Characiopodium
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Clade: Viridiplantae
Division: Chlorophyta
Class: Chlorophyceae
Order: Sphaeropleales
Family: Sphaeropleaceae
Genus: Characiopodium
G.L.Floyd & Shin Watanabe
Species

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

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  1. ^ Guiry, M.D.; Guiry, G.M. "Characiopodium". AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway.
  2. ^ a b c Ettl, Hanuš; Gärtner, Georg (2013). Syllabus der Boden-, Luft- und Flechtenalgen (in German) (2nd ed.). Springer-Verlag. ISBN 9783642394614.