| Characium | |
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| Characium hookeri | |
Scientific classification 
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| Clade: | Viridiplantae |
| Division: | Chlorophyta |
| Class: | Chlorophyceae |
| Order: | Sphaeropleales |
| Family: | Characiaceae |
| Genus: | Characium A. Braun in Kützing, 1849 |
| Type species | |
| Characium sieboldii | |
| Species[1] | |
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Characium is a genus of green algae in the family Characiaceae.[1] It is very commonly found in freshwater habitats, where it is attached to phytoplankton or zooplankton.[2]
- ^ a b Guiry, M.D.; Guiry, G.M. "Characium". AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. Retrieved 2023-09-26.
- ^ Shubert, Elliot; Gärtner, Georg (2014). "Chapter 7. Nonmotile Coccoid and Colonial Green Algae". In Wehr, John D.; Sheath, Robert G.; Kociolek, J. Patrick (eds.). Freshwater Algae of North America: Ecology and Classification (2 ed.). Elsevier Inc. ISBN 978-0-12-385876-4.