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WoRMS taxon details
Ulva lactuca Linnaeus, 1753
AphiaID: 145984
AphiaID: 145984
| Classification: Biota > Plantae (Kingdom) > Viridaeplantae (Subkingdom) > Chlorophyta (Division) > Ulvophyceae (Class) > Ulvales (Order) > Ulvaceae (Family) > Ulva (Genus) |
| Status | accepted | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rank | Species | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Typetaxon of | Ulva Linnaeus, 1753 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Parent | 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: 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, W [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] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Direct child taxa | Forma Ulva lactuca f. laciniata (J. Agardh) De Toni, 1889 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Environment | marine | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Distribution | Belgian Exclusive Economic Zone [details] Boulogne, Pointe de la Creche [details] Bredene [details] De Panne [details] Duinbergen [details] Dutch Exclusive Economic Zone [details] European waters (ERMS scope) [details] Gulf of Maine [details] Kenya [details] Koksijde [details] Madagascar [details] Mauritius [details] Mediterranean Sea [details] North West Atlantic [details] Oostduinkerke [details] Pointe aux Oies (point) [details] Pointe du Nid de Corbet [details] Reunion [details] Seychelles [details] Somalia [details] South Africa (country) [details] Spuikom [details] Tanzania [details] Wadden Sea [details] Wimereux [details] Zeeland [details] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Links | To AlgaeBase To GenBank Marine Life Information Network - UK To ITIS | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Notes |
Diet: photosynthetic [details] Distribution: Long Island Sound to Strait of Belle Isle [details] Habitat: open coast attached to any hard substrata or epiphytic in tide pools, low littoral to sublittoral to 24 m; also may form extensive free floating mats on muddy or silted bottoms in protected bays and shallow 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] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Citation: Guiry, M.D. (2009). Ulva lactuca Linnaeus, 1753. In: Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. (2009). AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=145984 on 2010-07-30 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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