Characium marinum is a species of green algae (Chlorophyta).
Description Characium marinum is a microscopic unicellular elongated oval algae growing attached epiphytically by a stalk various algae. The single chloroplast is parietal with a single pyrenoid.
Ecology Epiphytic on other marine algae.Hardy, F.G. and Guiry, M.D. 2003. A Check-list and Atlas of the Seaweeds of Britain and Ireland. British Phycological Society. and eastern Canada
Distribution Recorded from Svalbard (Norway), Sweden, once in Ireland County Down,Morton, O. 1994. Marine Algae of Northern Ireland. Ulster Museum. twice in Great Britain, under-recorded. and eastern Canada.
Status The taxonomic status of this alga is unclear. According to the marine biologist T. Levring, Characium marinum probably represents germlings of Cladophora, a genus of marine algae.
References
External links Characium marinum, AlgaeBase