WoRMS taxon details
Chaetomorpha linum (O.F.Müller) Kützing, 1845
AphiaID: 145027
AphiaID: 145027
| Classification: Biota > Plantae (Kingdom) > Viridaeplantae (Subkingdom) > Chlorophyta (Phylum) > Ulvophyceae (Class) > Cladophorales (Order) > Cladophoraceae (Family) > Chaetomorpha (Genus) |
| Status | accepted | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rank | Species | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Typetaxon of |
Chaetomorpha Kützing, 1845 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Parent | Chaetomorpha Kützing, 1845 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Synonymised taxa |
Caerea linum Collins (misspelling) Chaetomorpha baltica Kützing (synonym) Chaetomorpha chlorotica (Montagne) Kützing, 1849 (synonym) Chaetomorpha linum f. aerea (Dillwyn) F.S.Collins Chaetomorpha rigida Kützing, 1845 (synonym) Chaetomorpha sutoria (Berkeley) Harvey, 1858 (synonym) Conferva chlorotica Montagne, 1846 (synonym) Conferva linoides C.Agardh, 1822 (synonym) Conferva linoides S.F.Gray, 1821 (synonym) Conferva linum O.F.Müller, 1778 (synonym) Conferva rigida C.Agardh, 1824 (synonym) Conferva sutoria Berkeley, 1833 (synonym) Lychaete linum (O.F.Müller) Areschoug, 1851 (synonym) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sources |
basis of record: Silva, C., P. Basson & R. Moe (1996). Catalogue of the Benthic Marine Algae of the Indian Ocean. Volume 79 of University of California Publications in Botany (ISBN 0-520-09810-2). [details] basis of record: Algaebase, available online at http://www.algaebase.org [details] basis of record: Guiry, M.D. (2001). Macroalgae of Rhodophycota, Phaeophycota, Chlorophycota, and two genera of Xanthophycota, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 20-38 (look up in IMIS) [details] additional source: Sears, J.R. (ed.). 1998. NEAS keys to the benthic marine algae of the northeastern coast of North America from Long Island Sound to the Strait of Belle Isle. Northeast Algal Society. 163 p. [details] additional source: South, G. R. and I. Tittley. 1986. A checklist and distributional index of the benthic marine algae of the North Atlantic Ocean. Huntsman Marine Laboratory. St. Andrews, New Brunswick. 76 p. [details] additional source: ITIS database, available online at http://www.itis.gov [details] additional source: Fredericq, S., T. O. Cho, S. A. Earle, C. F. Gurgel, D. M. Krayesky, L. E. Mateo-Cid, A. C. Mendoza-González, J. N. Norris, and A. M. Suárez. 2009. Seaweeds of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 187–259 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. I. Biodiversity, pp. 187-259. Texas A&M Univ. Press. [details] basis of record (from synonym): Linkletter, L.E. 1977. A checklist of marine fauna and flora of the Bay of Fundy. Huntsman Marine Laboratory, St. Andrews, N.B. 68 p. [details] [view taxon] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vernacular Names |
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| Direct child taxa [show all] | Forma Chaetomorpha linum f. brachyarthra (Kützing) Børgesen, 1935 Forma Chaetomorpha linum f. aerea (Dillwyn) F.S.Collins accepted as Chaetomorpha linum (O.F.Müller) Kützing, 1845 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Environment | marine | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Distribution | Atlantic [details] Azores Exclusive Economic Zone [details] Dutch Exclusive Economic Zone [details] European waters (ERMS scope) [details] Gulf of Maine (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] Gulf of Mexico [details] Indian Ocean [details] Irish Exclusive economic Zone [details] Israeli part of the Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin [details] Kenya [details] Madagascar [details] Mauritius [details] Mediterranean Sea [details] North West Atlantic [details] Polish Exclusive Economic Zone [details] Reunion [details] Sas van Goes [details] Seychelles [details] South Africa (country) [details] Tanzania [details] United Kingdom [details] United Kingdom Exclusive Economic Zone [details] Wadden Sea [details] Zeeland [details] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Links | Marine Life Information Network - UK Published in AlgaeBase  To Barcode of Life (1 barcode) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (58 publications) To Encyclopedia of Life To GenBank (10 nucleotides; 3 proteins) To PESI To ITIS | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Notes |
Authority: (O.F. Müller) Kützing, 1849 [details] Diet: photosynthetic [details] Distribution: Long Island Sound to Strait of Belle Isle [details] Habitat: mid-littoral to shallow sublittoral or unattached and much entangled throughout littoral and shallow sublittoral [details] Habitat: Known from rocky shores. [details] Morphology: Green colour from Chlorophyll a and b. [details] Reproduction: general for group: asexual reproduction may be by fission (splitting), fragmentation or by zoospores (motile spores). Sexual reproduction may be isogamous (gametes both motile and same size); anisogamous (both motile and different sizes-female bigger) or oogamous (female non-motile and egglike; male motile) [details] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:145027 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Citation: Guiry, Michael D. (2013). Chaetomorpha linum (O.F.Müller) Kützing, 1845. In: Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. (2013). AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway (taxonomic information republished from AlgaeBase with permission of M.D. Guiry). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=145027 on 2013-06-18 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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