Characium angustum A.Braun 1855
Current name:
Characium angustum A.Braun
Location: Pond in the forest of Altenholz-Stift (Schleswig-Holstein, Germany) - 01 June 2017. © Wolfgang Bettighofer, www.protisten.de, image under Creative Commons License V 3.0 (CC BY-NC-SA)
Publication Details
Characium angustum A.Braun 1855: 36, pl. 3 B: figs 1-6
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.
Request PDFPublication 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.
Origin of Species Name
Adjective A (Latin), narrow (Stearn 1983).
General Environment
This is a freshwater species.
Created: 11 April 2002 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 04 April 2025
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 04 April 2025. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 01 June 2025
