AlgaeTraits taxon details
Ulothrix flacca (Dillwyn) Thuret, 1863
145925 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:145925)
accepted
Species
marine, fresh
(of ) Dillwyn, L. W. (1809). British Confervæ; or, colored figures and descriptions of the British plants referred by botanists to the genus Conferva. pp. 1-87, 1-6 (Index and Errata), Plates 69, 100-109, A-G (with text)., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2213475
page(s): 298-302 [details]
page(s): 298-302 [details]
LSID urn:lsid:algaebase.org:taxname:77308
Distribution Long Island Sound to Strait of Belle Isle
LSID urn:lsid:algaebase.org:taxname:77308 [details]
Distribution Long Island Sound to Strait of Belle Isle
Distribution Long Island Sound to Strait of Belle Isle [details]
Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. (2025). AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway (taxonomic information republished from AlgaeBase with permission of M.D. Guiry). Ulothrix flacca (Dillwyn) Thuret, 1863. Accessed through: AlgaeTraits eds. (2025) AlgaeTraits: a trait database for (European) seaweeds at: https://algaetraits.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=145925 on 2025-05-21
AlgaeTraits eds. (2025). AlgaeTraits: a trait database for (European) seaweeds. Ulothrix flacca (Dillwyn) Thuret, 1863. Accessed at: https://algaetraits.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=145925 on 2025-05-21
original description
(of ) Dillwyn, L. W. (1809). British Confervæ; or, colored figures and descriptions of the British plants referred by botanists to the genus Conferva. pp. 1-87, 1-6 (Index and Errata), Plates 69, 100-109, A-G (with text)., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2213475
page(s): 298-302 [details]
context source (HKRMS) Choy, S. Y. (1979). Distribution of marine algae in Hong Kong, with special reference to seasonal and spatial changes. <em>Mphil thesis. The University of Hong Kong.</em> [details]
context source (RAS) Australian Antarctic Data Centre. , available online at https://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/biodiversity/ [details]
basis of record Guiry, M.D. (2001). Macroalgae of Rhodophycota, Phaeophycota, Chlorophycota, and two genera of Xanthophycota, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>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,</i> 50: pp. 20-38 (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Linkletter, L. E. (1977). A checklist of marine fauna and flora of the Bay of Fundy. <em>Huntsman Marine Laboratory, St. Andrews, N.B.</em> 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.;Tittley, I. (1986). A checklist and distributional index of the benthic marine algae of the North Atlantic Ocean. <em>untsman Marine Laboratory. St. Andrews, New Brunswick.</em> 1-76. [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]. <em>Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France.</em> 307 pp., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/145561.pdf [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 Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
additional source Silva, P. C.; Basson, P. W.; Moe, R. L. (1996). Catalogue of the benthic marine algae of the Indian Ocean. <em>University of California Publications in Botany.</em> 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]
additional source Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. (2025). AlgaeBase. <em>World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway.</em> searched on YYYY-MM-DD., available online at http://www.algaebase.org [details]
additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]
page(s): 298-302 [details]
context source (HKRMS) Choy, S. Y. (1979). Distribution of marine algae in Hong Kong, with special reference to seasonal and spatial changes. <em>Mphil thesis. The University of Hong Kong.</em> [details]
context source (RAS) Australian Antarctic Data Centre. , available online at https://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/biodiversity/ [details]
basis of record Guiry, M.D. (2001). Macroalgae of Rhodophycota, Phaeophycota, Chlorophycota, and two genera of Xanthophycota, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>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,</i> 50: pp. 20-38 (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Linkletter, L. E. (1977). A checklist of marine fauna and flora of the Bay of Fundy. <em>Huntsman Marine Laboratory, St. Andrews, N.B.</em> 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.;Tittley, I. (1986). A checklist and distributional index of the benthic marine algae of the North Atlantic Ocean. <em>untsman Marine Laboratory. St. Andrews, New Brunswick.</em> 1-76. [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]. <em>Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France.</em> 307 pp., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/145561.pdf [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 Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
additional source Silva, P. C.; Basson, P. W.; Moe, R. L. (1996). Catalogue of the benthic marine algae of the Indian Ocean. <em>University of California Publications in Botany.</em> 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]
additional source Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. (2025). AlgaeBase. <em>World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway.</em> searched on YYYY-MM-DD., available online at http://www.algaebase.org [details]
additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
LSID urn:lsid:algaebase.org:taxname:77308 [details]Unreviewed
Authority (Dillwyn) Thuret in Le Jolis, 1863 [details]Diet photosynthetic [details]
Distribution Long Island Sound to Strait of Belle Isle [details]
Habitat common on fucoids and hard substrata in upper littoral [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]
Published in AlgaeBase 
To Barcode of Life (5 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (97 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Ulothrix flacca)
To GenBank (8 nucleotides; 8 proteins)
To NHMUK collection (Ulothrix flacca (Dillwyn) Thur.; NHMUK:ecatalogue:4859140)
To PESI
To ITIS
To Barcode of Life (5 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (97 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Ulothrix flacca)
To GenBank (8 nucleotides; 8 proteins)
To NHMUK collection (Ulothrix flacca (Dillwyn) Thur.; NHMUK:ecatalogue:4859140)
To PESI
To ITIS
