WoRMS taxon details
Enteromorpha flexuosa (Wulfen) J.Agardh, 1883
AphiaID: 145959
AphiaID: 145959
| Classification: Biota > Plantae (Kingdom) > Viridaeplantae (Subkingdom) > Chlorophyta (Phylum) > Ulvophyceae (Class) > Ulvales (Order) > Ulvaceae (Family) > Enteromorpha (Genus) |
| Status |  unaccepted | |||||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | |||||||||||||
| Accepted name | Ulva flexuosa Wulfen, 1803 | |||||||||||||
| Rank | Species | |||||||||||||
| Typetaxon of |
Enteromorpha Link, 1820 | |||||||||||||
| Parent | Enteromorpha Link, 1820 accepted as Ulva Linnaeus, 1753 | |||||||||||||
| Sources |
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: 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] source of synonymy: Algaebase, available online at http://www.algaebase.org [details] | |||||||||||||
| Direct child taxa [show all] | Subspecies Enteromorpha flexuosa biflagellata (Bliding) Bliding, 1963 Subspecies Enteromorpha flexuosa flexuosa Bliding Subspecies Enteromorpha flexuosa linziformis (Bliding) Bliding, 1963 Variety Enteromorpha flexuosa var. angulosa Kjellman, 1897 Forma Enteromorpha flexuosa f. submarina Collins & Hervey, 1917 accepted as Ulva flexuosa f. submarina (F.S.Collins & Hervey) M.J.Wynne, 2005 Subspecies Enteromorpha flexuosa paradoxa (C.Agardh) Bliding, 1963 accepted as Ulva flexuosa paradoxa (C.Agardh) M.J.Wynne, 2005 Subspecies Enteromorpha flexuosa pilifera (Kützing) Bliding, 1963 accepted as Ulva flexuosa pilifera (Kützing) M.J.Wynne, 2005 | |||||||||||||
| Environment | marine | |||||||||||||
| Distribution | Belgian Exclusive Economic Zone [details] Dutch Exclusive Economic Zone [details] European waters (ERMS scope) [details] Gulf of Maine [details] Het Zwin [details] Israeli part of the Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin [details] Kenya [details] Mediterranean Sea [details] North West Atlantic [details] United Kingdom Exclusive Economic Zone [details] Wimereux [details] | |||||||||||||
| Links | Published in AlgaeBase  To Biodiversity Heritage Library (47 publications) To PESI To ITIS | |||||||||||||
| Notes |
Diet: photosynthetic [details] Dimensions: up to 30 cm long [details] Distribution: Long Island Sound to Gulf of St. Lawrence [details] Habitat: mostly in estuaries attached to rocks or wood in protected areas [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:145959 | |||||||||||||
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| Citation: Guiry, Michael D. (2013). Enteromorpha flexuosa (Wulfen) J.Agardh, 1883. 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=145959 on 2013-05-20 | ||||||||||||||
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