Characium pluricoccum Korshikov 1953

Publication Details
Characium pluricoccum Korshikov 1953: 160, fig. 100 a-e

Published in: Korshikov, A.A. (1953). Viznachnik prisnovodnihk vodorostey Ukrainsykoi RSR. Pidklas Protokokovi (Protococcineae). Bakuol'ni (Vacuolales) ta Protokokovi (Protococcales) [The Freshwater Algae of the Ukrainian SSR. Sub-Class Protococcineae. Vacuolales and Protococcales]. Vol. 5 pp. 439, 421 figures. Kyiv: Akademyy Nauk Ukrayins'koy RSR. [in Ukrainian]

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Publication date: 1953

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

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Chlamydopodium pluricoccum (Korshikov) Ettl & Komárek.

Source of Synonymy
Ettl, H. & Komárek, J. (1982). Was versteht man unter dem Begriff "coccale Grünalgen"? (Systematische Bemerkungen zu den Grünalgen II). Archiv für Hydrobiologie Supplement 60 (Algological Studies 29): 345-374, 4 figs, 2 tables.

General Environment
This is a freshwater species.

Created: 16 August 2004 by Robert Wilkes.

Last updated: 24 September 2018

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 24 September 2018. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 03 July 2025

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