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Characium ensiforme (NADED 295011)

authority:  Hermann

Phycology Section: ecology and taxonomy of freshwater algae, particularly diatoms

 


This NADED is equivalent to retired NADED 295004, which should no longer be in active use

Algae Group: Green Algae
 
Division: Chlorophyta
  Class: Chlorophyceae
    Order: Chlorococcales
      Family: Characiaceae
        Genus: Characium
 
Species: ensiforme
 
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Short name: CHRensif

 
IN 7 TAXONOMIC LISTS:
 
26 ANSP-2011
    Publication: Dillard 1989b - Dillard, G.E. 1989. Freshwater Algae of the Southeast...  year=1989
        Pl. 15 Fig. 12
 
21 ANSP-2007

    Remark: based on changes and revision of taxa list during and after 15th Workshop and by consent of all work participants

    Concept publication: Dillard 1989b - Dillard, G.E. 1989. Freshwater Algae of the Southeast...  year=1989
        Pl. 15 Fig. 12
 
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NOT A SOURCE IN ANY CHANGE SYSTEMS
 
IN 1 CHANGE SYSTEMS AS TARGET:
 
59 ANSP-2007 to ANSP-2011 Soft Algae (csat_id: 4358)
    from: Characium ambiguum (NADED 295004)
    to: Characium ensiforme (NADED 295011)

    REMARK: Update to newer name per F. Acker (Taxonomic Update)


 
FOUND IN 29 OFFICIAL COUNTS:  ...see sites on a mapmap
 
 site number  count and subproject
 GS08173900  present   GSM00129 PR1 q 1 - South Central Texas Drainage Basins (SCTX 1996) USGS NAWQA
 NRSA-FW08NY050  1   NRSA0427 PR1 a 1 - National River and Stream Assessment - EPA
 NRSA-FW08NY002  6   NRSA0429 PR1 a 1 - National River and Stream Assessment - EPA
 NRSA-FW08RI013  1   NRSA0887 PR1 b 1 - National River and Stream Assessment - EPA
 NRSA-FW08SD078  1   NRSA0981 PR1 b 1 - National River and Stream Assessment - EPA
 NRSA-FW08ID019  1   NRSA0853 PR1 b 1 - National River and Stream Assessment - EPA
 NRSA-FW08CT024  1   NRSA1003 PR1 b 1 - National River and Stream Assessment - EPA
 NRSA-FW08WA036  1   NRSA1025 PR1 b 1 - National River and Stream Assessment - EPA
 NRSA-FW08WV026  4   NRSA0585 PR1 a 1 - National River and Stream Assessment - EPA
 NWCA11-1822  2   NWCA0058 PR1 b 1 - EPA National Wetlands Condition Assessment Periphyton Analysis
 NWCA11-R133  1   NWCA0182 PR1 b 1 - EPA National Wetlands Condition Assessment Periphyton Analysis
 NWCA11-R015  1   NWCA0202 PR1 a 1 - EPA National Wetlands Condition Assessment Periphyton Analysis
 NWCA11-2251  1   NWCA0250 PR1 a 1 - EPA Wetlands SA 2011
 NWCA11-2495  2   NWCA0294 PR1 a 1 - EPA Wetlands SA 2011
 NWCA11-1511  1   NWCA0325 PR1 b 1 - EPA Wetlands SA 2011

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22 BIOVOLUME MEASUREMENTS (in shape_algae_taxa), range 54.6 - 744.2
 
Calculated biovolume: 108 μm3    added 8/26/2013 by rinkel
ANSPSW1304PR SWAMP015 PR1 A Lower Murrieta Creek, slide_id=339839, mol_id=221
Measurement #97874 (Ellipsoid), 2 dimensions:
   length=15.10000 μm
   diameter=3.70000 μm
 
Calculated biovolume: 268 μm3    added 11/7/2012 by rinkel
ANSPNWCASAPR NWCA0331 PR1 A Baugh Creek-Little Wood River, slide_id=335323, mol_id=221
Measurement #77651 (Ovoid), 3 dimensions:
   length=19.40000 μm
   width=3.80000 μm
   depth=3.80000 μm
 
Calculated biovolume: 208 μm3    added 11/7/2012 by rinkel
ANSPNWCASAPR NWCA0250 PR1 A Steamboat Creek, slide_id=335016, mol_id=221
Measurement #77650 (Ovoid), 3 dimensions:
   length=16.00000 μm
   width=3.70000 μm
   depth=3.70000 μm
 
Calculated biovolume: 487 μm3    added 11/7/2012 by rinkel
ANSPNWCAPR NWCA0202 PR1 A Perch River, slide_id=334919, mol_id=221
Measurement #77649 (Ovoid), 3 dimensions:
   length=16.20000 μm
   width=5.70000 μm
   depth=5.70000 μm
 
Calculated biovolume: 744 μm3    added 11/7/2012 by rinkel
ANSPNWCASAPR NWCA0526 PR1 A Beaver Creek, slide_id=337279, mol_id=221
Measurement #77648 (Ovoid), 3 dimensions:
   length=18.50000 μm
   width=6.60000 μm
   depth=6.60000 μm
 
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NO RECORDS IN UNKNOWN-SHAPES-BIOVOLUMES
 


Publication: Not specified



 
Metadata flags
 
Reporting_level_id=3
Published_species = yes
Descr_variety = no
Descr_form = no
Genus_sp_X_? = no
Unpublished_species = no
Cf_aff = no
Genus_sp_spp = no
AboveGenus_with_size_or_feature = no
AboveGenus = no
calacad_match_verified = no
publication_id_verified = yes
calacad_match_nonexistent = no
 

 
algae_taxa_id=6558, algae_genus_id=915
added by dbo on 8/6/2002 2:37:00 PM
last modified by acker on 1/21/2011 3:14:00 PM
 
 

Page citation:
 
Phycology Section, Patrick Center for Environmental Research, Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University. Characium ensiforme (NADED 295011). https://diatom.ansp.org/taxaservice/ShowTaxon1.ashx?naded_id=295011. Accessed 27 May 2023. This web service reports all information about a given algae taxon available at the time of retrieval.


 

 
from Taxaservice v12.2 code update 10/08/2021
 


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