Characiella Schmidle, 1902

Holotype species: Characiella rukwae Schmidle

Original publication and holotype designation: Schmidle, W. (1903). Berichte über die botanischen Ergebnisse der Nyassa-See und Kinga-Gerbirgs-Expedition der Hermann-und Elise-geb. Heckmann-Wentzel-Stiftung. V. Algen, insbesondere Solche des Plankton, aus dem Nyassa-See und seinen Umgebung, gesammelt von Dr. Fülleborn. Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie 32: 56-88.

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Description: Colonial with cells embedded in flat sheet of mucilage with irregular outline. Cells ovoid with smooth cell walls. Cells with single polar nucleus; chloroplast single and stellate with central pyrenoid. Flagellated stages and methods of sexual and asexual reproduction unknown. Characiella planktonic in freshwater; reported only from large lake in central Africa. Genus poorly known and requires complete reinvestigation. Komárek and Fott (1983, p. 90) discuss Characiella as possible relative of Oncosaccus Jao.

Information contributed by: D. Garbary and T. Kalina. The most recent alteration to this page was made on 2012-07-02 by Michael Guiry.

Taxonomic status: This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.

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Descriptions of chrysophyte genera were subsequently published in J. Kristiansen & H.R. Preisig (eds.). 2001. Encyclopedia of Chrysophyte Genera. Bibliotheca Phycologica 110: 1-260.

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