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Cladophora sericea (Hudson) Kützing, 1843 
AphiaID: 145065

Classification: Biota > Plantae (Kingdom) > Viridaeplantae (Subkingdom) > Chlorophyta (Phylum) > Ulvophyceae (Class) > Cladophorales (Order) > Cladophoraceae (Family) > Cladophora (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status
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Rank Species
Parent Cladophora Kützing, 1843
Synonymised
taxa
  Aegagropila rudolphiana (C.Agardh) Kützing, 1845 (synonym)
Ceramium sericeum de Lamarck & De Candolle, 1805
Chloronitum sericeum (Hudson) Gallion, 1928 (synonym)
Cladophora balliana Harvey, 1851 (synonym)
Cladophora crystalina var. patula Schniffer, 1938 (synonym)
Cladophora crystallina (Roth) Kützing, 1843 (synonym)
Cladophora divaricata var. hamulifera Kützing, 1849 (synonym)
Cladophora froelichiana Kützing, 1843 (synonym)
Cladophora glaucescens (A.W.Griffiths ex Harvey) Harvey, 1849 (synonym)
Cladophora gracilis var. harveyana Sjöstedt, 1927 (synonym)
Cladophora hirta Kützing, 1845 (synonym)
Cladophora hirta var. borealis Foslie, 1884 (synonym)
Cladophora lagunarum Schiffner, 1938 (synonym)
Cladophora longicoma Kützing, 1849 (synonym)
Cladophora mediterranea Hauck, 1885 (synonym)
Cladophora nitida Kützing, 1843 (synonym)
Cladophora nitidissima Meneghini, 1844 (synonym)
Cladophora ovoidea Kützing, 1843 (synonym)
Cladophora patens var. prolifera Kützing, 1853 (synonym)
Cladophora pectinicornis Kützing, 1849 (synonym)
Cladophora penicillata var. elongata Schiffner, 1938 (synonym)
Cladophora plumosa Kützing, 1845 (synonym)
Cladophora rhadina Setchell, 1926 (synonym)
Cladophora rudolphiana (C.Agardh) Kützing, 1843
Cladophora rudolphiana f. elongata Schiffner, 1926 (synonym)
Cladophora rudolphiana f. eramosa N.L.Gardner, 1918 (synonym)
Cladophora rudolphiana f. subpatula Schiffner (synonym)
Cladophora sericea var. flaccida Kützing, 1849 (synonym)
Cladophora sirocladia Kützing, 1849 (synonym)
Cladophora sirocladia var. gracilis Kützing, 1849 (synonym)
Cladophora subulifera var. divaricata Kützing, 1845 (synonym)
Cladophora thoreana Kützing, 1843 (synonym)
Cladophora utriculosa f. pectinicornis (Kützing) Hamel, 1929 (synonym)
Cladophora viridula Kützing, 1849 (synonym)
Conferva crystallina Roth, 1797 (synonym)
Conferva froelichii Rabenhorst, 1847 (synonym)
Conferva glaucescens Griffiths ex Harvey, 1841 (synonym)
Conferva hirta (Kützing) Crouan, 1867 (synonym)
Conferva nitida Kützing, 1836 (synonym)
Conferva nitida (Kützing) Rabenhorst, 1847 (synonym)
Conferva pectinicornis (Kützing) Crouan, 1867 (synonym)
Conferva rudolphiana C.Agardh, 1827 (synonym)
Conferva rupestris var. flexuosa Lyngbye, 1819 (synonym)
Conferva sandrii Zanardini ex Kützing, 1849 (synonym)
Conferva sericea Hudson, 1762 (synonym)
Conferva sericea var. marina Lyngbye, 1819 (synonym)
Conferva veneta Zanardini, 1847 (synonym)
Rothella flexuosa (Müller) Gallion, 1833 (synonym)
Sources  original description: Kützing, F.T. (1843). Phycologia generalis oder Anatomie, Physiologie und Systemkunde der Tange. Brockhaus: Lipsiae (Leipzig), Germany. xxxii, 459 pp. (look up in IMIS[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]

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]

additional source: Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp. (look up in IMIS[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]

additional source: 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]

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]

from synonym: Wilson, J.S., C.J. Bird, J. McLachlan and A.R.A. Taylor. 1979. An annotated checklist and distribution of benthic marine algae of the Bay of Fundy. Memorial University of Newfoundland. Occasional Papers in Biology. St. John's, NL. 65 p. [details] [view taxon]

Vernacular
Names
 
Language   Name 
Danish silke-vandhår  [details]
Norwegian Bokmål silkegrønndusk  [details]
Norwegian Nynorsk silkegrøndusk  [details]
Polish gałęzatka jedwabista  [details]
Direct child
taxa

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Forma Cladophora sericea f. ruchingeri (C.A.Agardh) Hamel, 1929 accepted as Cladophora ruchingeri (C.Agardh) Kützing, 1845
Variety Cladophora sericea var. flaccida Kützing, 1849 accepted as Cladophora sericea (Hudson) Kützing, 1843
Environment marine
Distribution Belgian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Canada [details]
Dutch Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
European waters (ERMS scope) (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Gulf of Maine (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Gulf of Mexico (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Irish Exclusive economic Zone [details]
Israeli part of the Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Mediterranean Sea (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
North West Atlantic [details]
Pacific Ocean [details]
Pointe aux Oies (point) [details]
Pointe du Nid de Corbet [details]
Pointe du Riden [details]
Polish Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Reunion [details]
South Africa (country) [details]
United Kingdom Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
USA [details]
Wimereux [details]
Links Published in AlgaeBase Logo AlgaeBase
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To Biodiversity Heritage Library (51 publications)
To Encyclopedia of Life
To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 0 proteins)
To PESI
To ITIS
Notes  Diet: photosynthetic [details]

Dimensions: up to 15 cm high [details]

Distribution: Long Island sound, Gulf of Maine to Strait of Belle Isle [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:145065
Taxonomic
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  Citation: Guiry, Michael D. (2013). Cladophora sericea (Hudson) Kützing, 1843. 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=145065 on 2013-05-18
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