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Ulva compressa Linnaeus, 1753 
AphiaID: 234462

Classification: Biota > Plantae (Kingdom) > Viridaeplantae (Subkingdom) > Chlorophyta (Phylum) > Ulvophyceae (Class) > Ulvales (Order) > Ulvaceae (Family) > Ulva (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status
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Rank Species
Parent Ulva Linnaeus, 1753
Synonymised
taxa
  Conferva compressa (Linnaeus) Roth, 1797 (synonym)
Enteromorpha chlorotica J.Agardh, 1883 (synonym)
Enteromorpha clathrata var. usneoides (J.Agardh) V.J.Chapman, 1956 (synonym)
Enteromorpha complanata Kützing, 1845 (synonym)
Enteromorpha compressa (Linnaeus) Nees, 1820
Enteromorpha compressa f. complanata (Kützing) J.Agardh, 1883 (synonym)
Enteromorpha compressa f. typica Kjellman (synonym)
Enteromorpha compressa var. complanata (Kützing) Rabenhorst, 1868 (synonym)
Enteromorpha compressa var. usneoides (Bonnemaison ex J.Agardh) Bliding, 1963 (synonym)
Enteromorpha intestinalis compressa (Linnaeus) M.W.R.N.de Silva & E.M.Burrows, 1973 (synonym)
Enteromorpha intestinalis var. compressa (Linnaeus) Rosenvinge, 1893 (synonym)
Enteromorpha usneoides Bonnemaison ex J.Agardh, 1883
Enteromorpha vulgaris var. compressa (Linnaeus) Edmondston, 1845 (synonym)
Enteronia compressa (Linnaeus) Chevallier, 1836 (synonym)
Fistularia compressa (Linnaeus) Greville, 1824 (synonym)
Fistularia intestinalis var. compressa (Linnaeus) J.P.Jones & Kingston, 1829 (synonym)
Hydrosolen compressus (Linnaeus) Martius, 1833 (synonym)
Ilea compressa (Linnaeus) Gaillon, 1828
Scytosiphon compressus (Linnaeus) Lyngbye, 1819
Solenia compressa (Linnaeus) C.Agardh, 1824 (synonym)
Tubularia compressa (Linnaeus) Roussel, 1806 (synonym)
Ulva enteromorpha var. compressa (Linnaeus) Le Jolis, 1863 (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: Algaebase, available online at http://www.algaebase.org [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]

from synonym: ITIS database, available online at http://www.itis.gov [details] [view taxon]

from synonym: 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] [view taxon]

from synonym: Wilson, J.S., C.J. Bird, J. McLachlan and A.R.A. Taylor. 1979. An annotated checklist and distribution of benthic marine algae of the Bay of Fundy. Memorial University of Newfoundland. Occasional Papers in Biology. St. John's, NL. 65 p. [details] [view taxon]

from synonym: 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] [view taxon]

from synonym: 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] [view taxon]

from synonym: 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] [view taxon]

from synonym: Check list of Antarctic and Subantarctic Seaweeds by Wiencke C & Clayton MN, 2002. (look up in IMIS[details] [view taxon]

Vernacular
Names
 
Language   Name 
Danish flad rørhinde  [details]
Dutch plat darmwier  [details]
French entéromorphe (from synonym)  [details]
Norwegian Bokmål greinet tarmgrønske  [details]
Norwegian Nynorsk greina tarmgrønske  [details]
Polish sałata  [details]
Polish taśma  [details]
Polish watka  [details]
Direct child
taxa

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Variety Ulva compressa var. prolifera (O.F.Müller) C.Agardh, 1823 accepted as Ulva prolifera O.F.Müller, 1778
Variety Ulva compressa var. purpurea C.Agardh, 1817 accepted as Dumontia contorta (S.G.Gmelin) Ruprecht, 1850
Environment marine
Distribution Azores Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Belgian Exclusive Economic Zone (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Boulogne, Digue du Nord (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Dutch Exclusive Economic Zone (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
European waters (ERMS scope) (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Gulf of Maine (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Gulf of Mexico [details]
Indian Ocean [details]
Irish Exclusive economic Zone [details]
Israeli part of the Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Kenya (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Madagascar (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Mauritius (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Mediterranean Sea (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
North West Atlantic (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Oostende (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Pointe du Nid de Corbet (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Polish Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
United Kingdom Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Wimereux (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Zeebrugge (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Links Published in AlgaeBase Logo AlgaeBase
To Barcode of Life (51 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (113 publications)
To Encyclopedia of Life
To PESI
To ITIS
Note  Habitat: Known from the nearshore. [details]
Image 
Massart (1908, foto 003)
[image from synonym]
Massart (1908, foto 003)
added on 2008-04-22 - author: J. Massart
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LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:234462
Taxonomic
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Date   action   by
2006-11-21 08:22:44Z  created  Vanden Berghe, Edward
2009-06-15 10:44:14Z  changed  Guiry, Michael D.
  
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  Citation: Guiry, Michael D. (2013). Ulva compressa 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=234462 on 2013-05-20
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