Canadian Register of Marine Species - Enteromorpha Link, 1820

Traits name details

Enteromorpha Link, 1820

AphiaID

144294 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:144294)

Classification

Status

unaccepted (synonym, nom. et typ. cons.)

Accepted name

Ulva Linnaeus, 1753

Rank

Genus

Type taxon

Enteromorpha flexuosa (Wulfen) J.Agardh, 1883 accepted as Ulva flexuosa Wulfen, 1803

Parent

Ulvaceae J.V. Lamouroux ex Dumortier, 1822

Direct children (27)

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Species Enteromorpha confervacea (Kützing) Kützing
Species Enteromorpha crispa (Kützing) Kützing
Species Enteromorpha denudata (Ahlner) Hylmö
Species Enteromorpha echinata (Roth) Nees
Species Enteromorpha lanceolata (Linnaeus) Rabenhorst
Species Enteromorpha nana ecad fastigiata (V.J.Chapman) V.J.Chapman
Species Enteromorpha nana ecad rivularis (Collins) V.J.Chapman
Species Enteromorpha spermatoidea (Kützing) Kützing
Species Enteromorpha stagnalis Heer
Species Enteromorpha subulata (Wulfen) Nees
Species Enteromorpha utricularis (Roth) Nees
Species Enteromorpha clathrata (Roth) Greville, 1830 accepted as Ulva clathrata (Roth) C.Agardh, 1811
Species Enteromorpha compressa (Linnaeus) Nees, 1820 accepted as Ulva compressa Linnaeus, 1753
Species Enteromorpha flexuosa (Wulfen) J.Agardh, 1883 accepted as Ulva flexuosa Wulfen, 1803
Species Enteromorpha intestinalis (Linnaeus) Nees, 1820 accepted as Ulva intestinalis Linnaeus, 1753
Species Enteromorpha lingulata J.Agardh, 1883 accepted as Ulva flexuosa Wulfen, 1803
Species Enteromorpha linza (Linnaeus) J.Agardh, 1883 accepted as Ulva linza Linnaeus, 1753
Species Enteromorpha nana (Sommerfelt) Sjöstedt, 1939 accepted as Blidingia minima (Nägeli ex Kützing) Kylin, 1947 (synonym)
Species Enteromorpha prolifera (O.F.Müller) J.Agardh, 1883 accepted as Ulva prolifera O.F.Müller, 1778
Species Enteromorpha bayonnensis P.J.L.Dangeard, 1962 (uncertain)
Species Enteromorpha coziana P.J.L.Dangeard, 1962 (uncertain)
Species Enteromorpha fasciculata P.Dangeard, 1949 (uncertain)
Species Enteromorpha hendayensis P.J.L.Dangeard & H.Parriaud, 1960 (uncertain)
Species Enteromorpha musciformis P.J.L.Dangeard, 1962 (uncertain)
Species Enteromorpha robertii-lamii H.Parriaud, 1961 (uncertain)
Species Enteromorpha sancti-joannis P.J.L.Dangeard, 1960 (uncertain)
Species Enteromorpha stipitata P.J.L.Dangeard, 1959 (uncertain)

Environment

marine

Original description

Not documented

Taxonomic citation

Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. (2021). AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway (taxonomic information republished from AlgaeBase with permission of M.D. Guiry). Enteromorpha Link, 1820. Accessed through: Marine Species Traits editorial board (2021) Marine Species Traits at: http://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=144294 on 2025-06-04

Thematic species database citation

Marine Species Traits editorial board (2025). Marine Species Traits. Enteromorpha Link, 1820. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=144294 on 2025-06-04

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

Guiry, Michael D.

2006-11-21 08:22:44Z

changed

Vanden Berghe, Edward

2010-08-12 12:41:00Z

changed

Guiry, Michael D.

2012-07-04 13:40:04Z

changed

Guiry, Michael D.

[taxonomic tree]

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]

additional source Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. (2025). AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. searched on YYYY-MM-DD., available online at http://www.algaebase.org [details]

additional source Silva, P. C.; Basson, P. W.; Moe, R. L. (1996). Catalogue of the benthic marine algae of the Indian Ocean. University of California Publications in Botany. 79: 1-1259., available online at https://books.google.be/books?hl=pt-PT&lr=&id=vtBdDwAAQBAJ&oi=fnd&pg=PR11&dq=Catalogue+of+the+benthic+marine+algae+of+the+Indian+Ocean&ots=FL-YOKu8Cx&sig=3PmT926F1rNHQTf1AhDeY-ztmu4#v=onepage&q=Catalogue%20of%20the%20benthic%20marine%20algae%20of%20the%20 [details]

source of synonymy 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(3): 277-294., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/1364253031000136321 [details]