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Blidingia minima (Nägeli ex Kützing) Kylin, 1947 
AphiaID: 145950

Classification: Biota > Plantae (Kingdom) > Viridaeplantae (Subkingdom) > Chlorophyta (Phylum) > Ulvophyceae (Class) > Ulvales (Order) > Kornmanniaceae (Family) > Blidingia (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Typetaxon of  Blidingia Kylin, 1947
Parent Blidingia Kylin, 1947
Synonymised
taxa
  Blidingia minima var. capillaris (synonym)
Blidingia minima var. elongata (synonym)
Blidingia minima var. ramosa (synonym)
Blidingia nana (Sommerfelt) Bliding, 1963 (synonym)
Enteromorpha coarctata Kjellman, 1897 (synonym)
Enteromorpha compressa var. minima (Nägeli ex Hauck) Hamel, 1931 (synonym)
Enteromorpha micrococca var. tortuosa J.Agardh (synonym)
Enteromorpha minima Nägeli ex Kützing, 1849 (synonym)
Enteromorpha minima f. elongata Schiffner (synonym)
Enteromorpha minima var. capillaris Schiffner (synonym)
Enteromorpha minima var. elongata Schiffner (synonym)
Enteromorpha nana (Sommerfelt) Sjöstedt, 1939 (synonym)
Enteromorpha nana var. minima (Nägeli ex Hauck) Sjøstedt, 1939
Ulva intestinalis var. nana Sommerfelt, 1826 (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: 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: Algaebase, available online at http://www.algaebase.org [details]

additional source: ITIS database, available online at http://www.itis.gov [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: 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: Check list of Antarctic and Subantarctic Seaweeds by Wiencke C & Clayton MN, 2002. (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]

Vernacular
Names
 
Language   Name 
Danish lille krusrørhinde  [details]
Dutch enteromorpha  [details]
Dutch klein darmwier  [details]
English lesser grass-kelp  [details]
French petit entéromorphe  [details]
German kleiner Darmtang  [details]
German kleiner Röhrentang  [details]
Norwegian Bokmål dvergtarmgrønske  [details]
Norwegian Nynorsk dvergtarmgrønske  [details]
Direct child
taxa

[show all]
 Variety Blidingia minima var. stolonifera Garbary & C.Tam, 1989
Variety Blidingia minima var. subsalsa (Kjellman) Scagel, 1957
Variety Blidingia minima var. vexata (Setchell & N.L.Gardner) J.N.Norris, 1971

Forma Blidingia minima f. subsalsa (Kjellman) Vinogradova accepted as Blidingia subsalsa (Kjellman) Kornmann & Sahling ex Scagel et al., 1989
Variety Blidingia minima var. capillaris accepted as Blidingia minima (Nägeli ex Kützing) Kylin, 1947
Variety Blidingia minima var. elongata accepted as Blidingia minima (Nägeli ex Kützing) Kylin, 1947
Variety Blidingia minima var. ramifera Bliding, 1963 accepted as Blidingia ramifera (Bliding) Garbary & L.B.Barkhouse, 1987
Variety Blidingia minima var. ramosa accepted as Blidingia minima (Nägeli ex Kützing) Kylin, 1947
Environment marine
Distribution Atlantic [details]
Azores Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Belgian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Boulogne, Pointe de la Creche [details]
Canada [details]
European waters (ERMS scope) [details]
Gulf of Maine [details]
Gulf of Mexico [details]
Irish Exclusive economic Zone [details]
Mediterranean Sea [details]
North West Atlantic [details]
Norway [details]
Pacific Ocean [details]
Pointe du Nid de Corbet [details]
South Africa (country) [details]
United Kingdom Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
USA [details]
Wadden Sea [details]
Wimereux [details]
Zeebrugge [details]
Zeeland [details]
Links Marine Life Information Network - UK
Published in AlgaeBase Logo AlgaeBase
To Barcode of Life (4 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications)
To Encyclopedia of Life
To GenBank (19 nucleotides; 5 proteins)
To PESI
To ITIS
Notes  Diet: photosynthetic [details]

Distribution: Long Island Sound to Strait of Belle Isle [details]

Habitat: Known from rocky shores. [details]

Habitat: open coast and extending into estuaries of low salinity; in tufts or carpet-like patches on hard substrata, also epiphytic [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:145950
Taxonomic
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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  Guiry, Michael D.
  
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  Citation: Guiry, Michael D. (2013). Blidingia minima (Nägeli ex Kützing) Kylin, 1947. 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=145950 on 2013-05-22
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