Characiopodium

Characiopodium
Scientific classification
Clade:	Viridiplantae
Division:	Chlorophyta
Class:	Chlorophyceae
Order:	Sphaeropleales
Family:	Sphaeropleaceae
Genus:	Characiopodium; G.L.Floyd & Shin Watanabe
Species
	Characiopodium hindakii; Characiopodium sp. Mary 9/21 T-3w;

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

^ 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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[1] Guiry, M.D.; Guiry, G.M. "Characiopodium". AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway.

[Ettl_Gaertner-2] Ettl, Hanuš; Gärtner, Georg (2013). Syllabus der Boden-, Luft- und Flechtenalgen (in German) (2nd ed.). Springer-Verlag. ISBN 9783642394614.

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