Characiaceae

Characiaceae is a family of green algae in the order Sphaeropleales.^[1]

Genera

As of March 2022, AlgaeBase accepted the following genera:^[1]

• Acrochasma Korshikov – 1 species
• Actidesmium Reinsch – 2 species
• Bicuspidellopsis Korshikov – 1 species
• Characiella Schmidle – 1 species
• Characiellopsis M.O.P.Iyengar – 2 species
• Characium A. Braun – 51 species
• Craniocystis – 1 species
• Deuterocharacium Petrý – 2 species
• Korshikoviella P.C.Silva – 5 species
• Lambertia Korshikov – 1 species
• Lanceola F.Hindák – 1 species
• Marthea Pascher – 1 species
• Pseudoschroederia Hegewald & Schnepf – 3 species

References