WoRMS taxon details
Ulva lactuca Linnaeus, 1753
AphiaID: 145984
AphiaID: 145984
| Classification: Biota > Plantae (Kingdom) > Viridaeplantae (Subkingdom) > Chlorophyta (Phylum) > Ulvophyceae (Class) > Ulvales (Order) > Ulvaceae (Family) > Ulva (Genus) |
| Status | accepted | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Typetaxon of |
Ulva Linnaeus, 1753 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Parent | Ulva Linnaeus, 1753 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Synonymised taxa |
Phyllona lactuca (Linnaeus) F.H.Wiggers, 1780 (synonym) Ulva crassa Kjellman, 1877 (synonym) Ulva fasciata Delile, 1813 (synonym) Ulva fenestrata Postels & Ruprecht, 1840 (synonym) Ulva lactuca f. stipitata (Areschoug) Kylin, 1907 (synonym) Ulva lactucaefolia S.F.Gray, 1821 (synonym) Ulva stipitata Areschoug, 1850 (synonym) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sources |
original description: Linnaeus, C. (1753). Species plantarum, exhibentes plantas rite cognitas ad genera relatas cum differentiis specificis, nominibus trivialibus, synonymis selectis, locis natalibus, secundum systema sexuale digestas. Stockholm. [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] basis of record: Algaebase, available online at http://www.algaebase.org [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] 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] from synonym: Streftaris, N.; Zenetos, A.; Papathanassiou, E. (2005). Globalisation in marine ecosystems: the story of non-indigenous marine species across European seas. Oceanogr. Mar. Biol. Ann. Rev. 43: 419-453 (look up in IMIS) [details] [view taxon] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vernacular Names |
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| All child taxa [hide all] | Forma Ulva lactuca f. laciniata (J.Agardh) De Toni, 1889 Variety Ulva lactuca var. bullosa Hornemann Variety Ulva lactuca var. crispa P.J.L.Dangeard Variety Ulva lactuca var. lacinulata (Kützing) W.R.Taylor, 1960 Variety Ulva lactuca var. latissima (Linnaeus) Hariot Variety Ulva lactuca var. latissima (C.Linnaeus) T.Edmondston Variety Ulva lactuca var. macrogyna Reinsch, 1890 Variety Ulva lactuca var. pulvinata (O.C.Schmidt) Lami, 1969 Variety Ulva lactuca var. perforata Rodríguez y Femenías, 1889 (nomen dubium) Forma Ulva lactuca f. fasciata (Delile) Hering, 1846 accepted as Ulva fasciata Delile, 1813 Forma Ulva lactuca f. lacinulata (Kützing) Hauck, 1884 accepted as Ulva lactuca var. lacinulata (Kützing) W.R.Taylor, 1960 Forma Ulva lactuca f. pulvinata Schmidt, 1931 accepted as Ulva lactuca var. pulvinata (O.C.Schmidt) Lami, 1969 Forma Ulva lactuca f. stipitata (Areschoug) Kylin, 1907 accepted as Ulva lactuca Linnaeus, 1753 Variety Ulva lactuca var. latissima (Linnaeus) A.P.De Candolle, 1805 accepted as Saccharina latissima (Linnaeus) C.E.Lane, C.Mayes, Druehl & G.W.Saunders, 2006 Variety Ulva lactuca var. rigida (C.Agardh) Le Jolis, 1863 accepted as Ulva rigida C.Agardh, 1823 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Environment | marine | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Distribution | Azores Exclusive Economic Zone [details] 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) (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] Gulf of Maine [details] Gulf of Mexico (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] Indian Ocean [details] Irish Exclusive economic Zone [details] Israeli part of the Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin [details] Kenya [details] Koksijde [details] Madagascar [details] Mauritius (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] Mediterranean Sea (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] North West Atlantic [details] Oostduinkerke [details] Pointe aux Oies (point) [details] Pointe du Nid de Corbet [details] Reunion [details] Seychelles [details] Somalia (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] South Africa (country) (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] Spuikom [details] Tanzania [details] United Kingdom Exclusive Economic Zone [details] Wadden Sea [details] Wimereux [details] Zeeland [details] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Links | Marine Life Information Network - UK Published in AlgaeBase  To Barcode of Life (109 barcodes) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (454 publications) To Encyclopedia of Life To GenBank (239 nucleotides; 142 proteins) To PESI 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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| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:145984 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Citation: Guiry, Michael D. (2013). Ulva lactuca Linnaeus, 1753. 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=145984 on 2013-05-19 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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