WoRMS taxon details
Enteromorpha prolifera (O.F.Müller) J.Agardh, 1883
AphiaID: 145971
AphiaID: 145971
| 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 prolifera O.F.Müller, 1778 | ||||||||||||||||
| Rank | Species | ||||||||||||||||
| Parent | Enteromorpha Link, 1820 accepted as Ulva Linnaeus, 1753 | ||||||||||||||||
| Sources |
original description: Agardh, J.G. (1883). Till algernes systematik. Nya bidrag. (Tredje afdelningen.). Lunds Universitets Års-Skrift, Afdelningen for Mathematik och Naturvetenskap, 19 [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: 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] source of synonymy: Algaebase, available online at http://www.algaebase.org [details] | ||||||||||||||||
| Direct child taxa [show all] | Forma Enteromorpha prolifera f. ramosa Schiffner Variety Enteromorpha prolifera var. crispatissima Schiffner Variety Enteromorpha prolifera var. guttulata Schiffner Variety Enteromorpha prolifera var. setosa Schiffner Variety Enteromorpha prolifera var. tenuis Schiffner Variety Enteromorpha prolifera var. trichoclada Schiffner Forma Enteromorpha prolifera f. capillaris (Kützing) V.J.Chapman, 1937 accepted as Enteromorpha flexuosa pilifera (Kützing) Bliding, 1963 accepted as Ulva flexuosa pilifera (Kützing) M.J.Wynne, 2005 Forma Enteromorpha prolifera f. simplex K.L.Vinogradova, 1974 accepted as Ulva simplex (K.L.Vinogradova) Hayden, Blomster, Maggs, P.C.Silva, M.J.Stanhope & J.R.Waaland, 2003 Subspecies Enteromorpha prolifera gullmariensis Bliding, 1963 accepted as Ulva prolifera gullmariensis (Bliding) E.Taskin, 2008 Subspecies Enteromorpha prolifera radiata (J.Agardh) Bliding, 1963 accepted as Ulva radiata (J.Agardh) Hayden, Blomster, Maggs, P.C.Silva, M.J.Stanhope & J.R.Waaland, 2003 Variety Enteromorpha prolifera var. crinita (Nees) V.J.Chapman, 1956 accepted as Ulva clathrata (Roth) C.Agardh, 1811 Variety Enteromorpha prolifera var. tubulosa (Kützing) Batters, 1902 accepted as Ulva flexuosa Wulfen, 1803 | ||||||||||||||||
| Environment | marine | ||||||||||||||||
| Distribution | European waters (ERMS scope) [details] Gulf of Maine [details] Israeli part of the Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin [details] Mauritius [details] Mediterranean Sea [details] North West Atlantic [details] Reunion [details] South Africa (country) [details] Tanzania [details] United Kingdom Exclusive Economic Zone [details] Wimereux [details] | ||||||||||||||||
| Links | Published in AlgaeBase  To Biodiversity Heritage Library (78 publications) To PESI To ITIS | ||||||||||||||||
| Notes |
Diet: photosynthetic [details] Dimensions: up to 50 cm long [details] Distribution: Long Island Sound to Strait of Belle Isle [details] Habitat: growing singly or in tufts; found year-round in the littoral attached to rocks and wood or epiphytic; most common in 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:145971 | ||||||||||||||||
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| Citation: Guiry, Michael D. (2013). Enteromorpha prolifera (O.F.Müller) 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=145971 on 2013-05-23 | |||||||||||||||||
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