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Enteromorpha clathrata (Roth) Greville, 1830 
AphiaID: 145956

Classification: Biota > Plantae (Kingdom) > Viridaeplantae (Subkingdom) > Chlorophyta (Phylum) > Ulvophyceae (Class) > Ulvales (Order) > Ulvaceae (Family) > Enteromorpha (Genus)
Status unaccepted unaccepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Accepted name  Ulva clathrata (Roth) C.Agardh, 1811
Rank Species
Parent Enteromorpha Link, 1820 accepted as Ulva Linnaeus, 1753
Sources  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: 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]

new combination reference: Hayden, H.S., Blomster, J., Maggs, C.A., Silva, P.C., Stanhope, M.J. & Waaland, J.R., 2003. Linnaeus was right all along: Ulva and Enteromorpha are not distinct genera. European Journal of Phycology, 38, 277-294 [details]

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 Forma Enteromorpha clathrata f. ambigua (Le Jolis) Chalon, 1905

Forma Enteromorpha clathrata f. abbreviata (Le Jolis) Chalon, 1905 accepted as Ulva clathrata f. abbreviata Le Jolis, 1863
Forma Enteromorpha clathrata f. agardhiana (Le Jolis) Chalon, 1905 accepted as Ulva clathrata var. agardhiana Le Jolis
Forma Enteromorpha clathrata f. denudata (Ahlner) Kylin, 1907 accepted as Ulva procera (K.Ahlner) Hayden, Blomster, Maggs, P.C.Silva, M.J.Stanhope & J.R.Waaland, 2003 accepted as Ulva linza Linnaeus, 1753
Forma Enteromorpha clathrata f. gracilis (Le Jolis) V.J.Chapman, 1937 accepted as Ulva clathrata (Roth) C.Agardh, 1811
Forma Enteromorpha clathrata f. linkiana (Greville) V.J.Chapman, 1937 accepted as Ulva clathrata (Roth) C.Agardh, 1811
Forma Enteromorpha clathrata f. ramulifera (Ahlner) V.J.Chapman, 1877 accepted as Ulva procera (K.Ahlner) Hayden, Blomster, Maggs, P.C.Silva, M.J.Stanhope & J.R.Waaland, 2003 accepted as Ulva linza Linnaeus, 1753
Variety Enteromorpha clathrata var. confervoides (C.Agardh) Montagne, 1842 accepted as Ulva clathrata var. confervoides C.Agardh, 1817
Variety Enteromorpha clathrata var. crinita (Nees) Hauck, 1884 accepted as Ulva clathrata (Roth) C.Agardh, 1811
Variety Enteromorpha clathrata var. gracilis (Le Jolis) Batters, 1902 accepted as Ulva clathrata (Roth) C.Agardh, 1811
Variety Enteromorpha clathrata var. hopkirkii (M'Calla ex Harvey) G.Hamel, 1931 accepted as Ulva flexuosa paradoxa (C.Agardh) M.J.Wynne, 2005
Variety Enteromorpha clathrata var. linkiana (Greville) Areschoug, 1850 accepted as Ulva clathrata (Roth) C.Agardh, 1811
Variety Enteromorpha clathrata var. mucosa P.L.Crouan & H.M.Crouan, 1852 accepted as Ulva clathrata (Roth) C.Agardh, 1811
Variety Enteromorpha clathrata var. procera (Ahlner) Hauck, 1884 accepted as Ulva procera (K.Ahlner) Hayden, Blomster, Maggs, P.C.Silva, M.J.Stanhope & J.R.Waaland, 2003 accepted as Ulva linza Linnaeus, 1753
Variety Enteromorpha clathrata var. prostrata (Le Jolis) Batters, 1890 accepted as Ulva clathrata (Roth) C.Agardh, 1811
Variety Enteromorpha clathrata var. ralfsii (Harvey) V.J.Chapman, 1956 accepted as Ulva ralfsii (Harvey) Le Jolis, 1863
Variety Enteromorpha clathrata var. ramulosa (J.E.Smith) Rabenhorst, 1847 accepted as Ulva clathrata (Roth) C.Agardh, 1811
Variety Enteromorpha clathrata var. uncinata accepted as Ulva clathrata (Roth) C.Agardh, 1811
Variety Enteromorpha clathrata var. usneoides (J.Agardh) V.J.Chapman, 1956 accepted as Ulva compressa Linnaeus, 1753
Environment marine
Distribution Aldabra [details]
Dutch Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
European waters (ERMS scope) [details]
Gulf of Maine [details]
Israeli part of the Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin [details]
Kenya [details]
Mauritius [details]
Mediterranean Sea [details]
North West Atlantic [details]
Seychelles [details]
South Africa (country) [details]
Tanzania [details]
United Kingdom Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Links Published in AlgaeBase Logo AlgaeBase
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (193 publications)
To PESI
To ITIS
Notes  Diet: photosynthetic [details]

Dimensions: up to 40 cm long [details]

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

Habitat: attaches to hard substrata or epiphytic, often forming large free floating mats or entangled ropes in quiet estuaries [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:145956
Taxonomic
Edit history
 
Date   action   by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  Guiry, Michael D.
2006-11-21 08:22:44Z  changed  Vanden Berghe, Edward
2010-12-15 06:37:40Z  checked  Guiry, Michael D.
  
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  Citation: Guiry, Michael D. (2013). Enteromorpha clathrata (Roth) Greville, 1830. 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=145956 on 2013-05-19
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