Characium ornithocephalum A.Braun 1855

Current name: Characium ornithocephalum A.Braun
Pitsford Water SSSI, Northamptonshire, UK. Epiphytic on filamentous algae - 26 August 2008. C.F.Carter(chris.carter@6cvw.freeuk.com)

Publication Details
Characium ornithocephalum A.Braun 1855: 42, pl. 3 C

Published in: Braun, A. (1855). Algarum unicellularium genera nova et minus cognita praemissis observationibus de algis unicellularibus in genere. pp. 114, 6 plates. Leipzig: W. Engelmann.

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Publication date: 1855

Type Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Characium is Characium sieboldii A.Braun.

Status of Name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.

Type Information
Habitat Berolini, ubi ad Moabit iisdem locis cum Characio obtuso legi aestate et autumno 1851, nec non parcius hieme pluvioso 1854 [Habitat Moabit Berlin, in the same places as Characium obtusum in the summer and autumn of 1851, and even more sparingly in the rainy winter of 1854]; 1851, 1854; Notes: Moabit is an inner city locality in the borough of Mitte, Berlin

General Environment
This is a freshwater species.

Created: 11 April 2002 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 08 September 2023

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Roberta Cowan in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 08 September 2023. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 29 May 2025