WoRMS taxon details
Vaucheria A.P.de Candolle, 1801
Ectosperma Vaucher, 1803 · unaccepted (synonym)
Vaucheriella Gaillon, 1833 · unaccepted
- Species Vaucheria acrandra Ott & Hommersand, 1974
- Species Vaucheria adela Ott & Hommersand, 1974
- Species Vaucheria adunca C.-C.Jao, 1939
- Species Vaucheria aestuarii Muralidhar, Novis & Broady, 2014
- Species Vaucheria alaskana Blum, 1953
- Species Vaucheria amphibia Randhawa, 1939
- Species Vaucheria antarctica Renisch, 1890
- Species Vaucheria arcassonensis P.J.L.Dangeard, 1939
- Species Vaucheria arechavaletae Magnus & Wille, 1884
- Species Vaucheria aversa Hassall, 1843
- Species Vaucheria bermudensis W.R.Taylor & Bernatowicz, 1952
- Species Vaucheria bicornigera T.J.Entwisle, 1988
- Species Vaucheria bilateralis C.-C.Jao, 1936
- Species Vaucheria birostris J.Simons, 1974
- Species Vaucheria borealis Hirn, 1900
- Species Vaucheria bursata (O.F.Müller) C.Agardh, 1811
- Species Vaucheria caloundrensis A.B.Cribb, 1960
- Species Vaucheria canalicularis (Linnaeus) T.A.Christensen, 1968
- Species Vaucheria compacta (Collins) Collins ex W.R.Taylor, 1937
- Species Vaucheria conifera T.A.Christensen, 1987
- Species Vaucheria coronata Nordstedt, 1879
- Species Vaucheria crenulata Prescott, 1953
- Species Vaucheria cruciata (Vaucher) De Candolle, 1805
- Species Vaucheria dichotoma (Linnaeus) Martius, 1817
- Species Vaucheria dillwynii (F.Weber & D.Mohr) C.Agardh, 1811
- Species Vaucheria discoidea C.E.Taft, 1937
- Species Vaucheria edaphica Muralidhar, Novis & Broady, 2014
- Species Vaucheria erythrospora T.A.Christensen, 1956
- Species Vaucheria folliculata Walz, 1871
- Species Vaucheria fontinalis (Linnaeus) T.A.Christensen, 1868
- Species Vaucheria frigida (Roth) C.Agardh, 1824
- Species Vaucheria gardneri Collins, 1907
- Species Vaucheria geminata (Vaucher) De Candolle, 1805
- Species Vaucheria glomerata Blum & Womersley, 1955
- Species Vaucheria gyrogyna T.J.Entwisle, 1988
- Species Vaucheria hamata (Vaucher) De Candolle, 1805
- Species Vaucheria hercyniana Rieth, 1974
- Species Vaucheria hookeri Kützing, 1856
- Species Vaucheria incurva T.A.Christensen, 1986
- Species Vaucheria intermedia Nordstedt, 1879
- Species Vaucheria jaoi S.-H.Ley, 1944
- Species Vaucheria japonica Yamagishi
- Species Vaucheria javanica Kützing, 1849
- Species Vaucheria jonesii Prescott, 1938
- Species Vaucheria karachiensis Saifullah, Nizamuddin & Gul, 2003
- Species Vaucheria karnaphulii Islam, 1978
- Species Vaucheria leyana Q.-X.Wang & W.-M.Bao, 1991
- Species Vaucheria lii Rieth, 2024
- Species Vaucheria litorea C.Agardh, 1823
- Species Vaucheria longata Blum, 1953
- Species Vaucheria longicaulis Hoppaugh, 1930
- Species Vaucheria longipes Collins, 1907
- Species Vaucheria madhuensis R.J.Patel, 1980
- Species Vaucheria mayyanadensis
- Species Vaucheria mediterrranea Derbès & Solier, 1851
- Species Vaucheria medusa T.A.Christensen, 1952
- Species Vaucheria megaspora Iwanoff, 1900
- Species Vaucheria micranthera P.González, 1944
- Species Vaucheria minuta Blum & Conover, 1953
- Species Vaucheria mulleola Skuja, 1964
- Species Vaucheria nanandra T.J.Entwisle, 1988
- Species Vaucheria nasuta W.R.Taylor & Bernatowicz, 1953
- Species Vaucheria orientalis West & G.S.West, 1908
- Species Vaucheria orthocarpa Reinsch, 1887
- Species Vaucheria patagonica Hylmö, 1938
- Species Vaucheria piloboloides Thuret, 1854
- Species Vaucheria polymorpha H.C.Wood, 1869
- Species Vaucheria prasadense O.N.Srivastava, M.Srivastava & U.S.Prasad, 1987
- Species Vaucheria prescottii A.K.M.N.Islam, 1965
- Species Vaucheria prolifera P.J.L.Dangeard, 1939
- Species Vaucheria prona T.A.Christensen, 1970
- Species Vaucheria pronosperma A.K.M.N.Islam, 1965
- Species Vaucheria pseudogeminata P.J.L.Dangeard, 1939
- Species Vaucheria pseudomonoica F.E.Fritsch & Rich, 1924
- Species Vaucheria racemosa (Vaucher) De Candolle, 1805
- Species Vaucheria randhawae T.A.Sarma & R.S.Rattan, 1990
- Species Vaucheria rostellata Kützing
- Species Vaucheria schleicheri De Wildeman, 1895
- Species Vaucheria sericea Lyngbye
- Species Vaucheria sescuplicaria T.A.Christensen, 1952
- Species Vaucheria sessilis (Vaucher) De Candolle, 1805
- Species Vaucheria simplex P.L.Crouan & H.M.Crouan
- Species Vaucheria subarechavaletae Borge, 1901
- Species Vaucheria submarina (Lyngbye) Berkeley, 1832
- Species Vaucheria subsimplex P.Crouan & H.Crouan, 1867
- Species Vaucheria synandra Woronin, 1869
- Species Vaucheria taylorii Blum, 1971
- Species Vaucheria terrestris (Vaucher) De Candolle, 1805
- Species Vaucheria uncinata Kützing, 1856
- Species Vaucheria undulata C.-C.Jao, 1936
- Species Vaucheria velutina C.Agardh, 1824
- Species Vaucheria venkataramanii T.A.Sarma & R.S.Rattan
- Species Vaucheria verticillata Meneghini, 1837
- Species Vaucheria vipera Blum, 1960
- Species Vaucheria walzii Rothert, 1896
- Species Vaucheria woroniniana Heering, 1907
- Species Vaucheria zapotecana Bonilla-Rodriguez, Garduno-Solorzano, Martinez-Garcia, Campos, Monsalvo-Reyes & Quintanar-Zuniga, 2013
- Species Vaucheria arrhyncha Heidinger, 1908 accepted as Vaucheria uncinata Kützing, 1856
- Species Vaucheria brevicaulis Blum, 1951 accepted as Vaucheria frigida (Roth) C.Agardh, 1824
- Species Vaucheria cespitosa (Vaucher) De Candolle, 1805 accepted as Vaucheria canalicularis (Linnaeus) T.A.Christensen, 1968
- Species Vaucheria clavata (Vaucher) A.P.de Candolle, 1805 accepted as Vaucheria bursata (O.F.Müller) C.Agardh, 1811 (synonym)
- Species Vaucheria constricta Yamada, 1932 accepted as Pseudodichotomosiphon constricta (Yamada) Yamada, 1934 (synonym)
- Species Vaucheria debaryana Woronin, 1880 accepted as Vaucheria cruciata (Vaucher) De Candolle, 1805
- Species Vaucheria decumbens Wisłouch, 1922 accepted as Vaucheria schleicheri De Wildeman, 1895
- Species Vaucheria disperma A.P.de Candolle, 1801 accepted as Vaucheria canalicularis (Linnaeus) T.A.Christensen, 1968
- Species Vaucheria fastigiata C.Agardh, 1824 accepted as Chlorodesmis fastigiata (C.Agardh) S.C.Ducker, 1969 (synonym)
- Species Vaucheria fuscescens Kützing, 1856 accepted as Vaucheria piloboloides Thuret, 1854 (synonym)
- Species Vaucheria hamata Walz, 1866 accepted as Vaucheria frigida (Roth) C.Agardh, 1824 (synonym)
- Species Vaucheria marina Lyngbye, 1819 accepted as Derbesia marina (Lyngbye) Solier, 1846 (synonym)
- Species Vaucheria nicholsii H.J.Brown, 1937 accepted as Vaucheria schleicheri De Wildeman, 1895
- Species Vaucheria ornithocephala C.Agardh, 1817 accepted as Vaucheria fontinalis (Linnaeus) T.A.Christensen, 1868 (synonym)
- Species Vaucheria pachyderma J.Walz, 1866 accepted as Vaucheria dillwynii (F.Weber & D.Mohr) C.Agardh, 1811
- Species Vaucheria pedunculata J.Arechavaleta, 1883 accepted as Vaucheria geminata f. pedunculata (J.Arechavaleta) Heering, 1907 (synonym)
- Species Vaucheria polysperma Hassall, 1843 accepted as Vaucheria fontinalis (Linnaeus) T.A.Christensen, 1868 (synonym)
- Species Vaucheria pseudohamata Prescott, 1953 accepted as Vaucheria frigida (Roth) C.Agardh, 1824
- Species Vaucheria pusilla Lyngbye, 1819 accepted as Codiolum pusillum (Lyngbye) Foslie, 1881 (synonym)
- Species Vaucheria pyrifera Kützing, 1843 accepted as Vaucheria dichotoma (Linnaeus) Martius, 1817 (synonym)
- Species Vaucheria radicata (Retzius) C.Agardh, 1811 accepted as Botrydium granulatum (Linnaeus) Greville, 1830
- Species Vaucheria repens Hassall, 1843 accepted as Vaucheria bursata (O.F.Müller) C.Agardh, 1811 (synonym)
- Species Vaucheria scrobiculata Magnus & Wille, 1884 accepted as Vaucheria terrestris var. scrobiculata (Magnus & Wille) H.J.Brown, 1929
- Species Vaucheria sphaerospora Nordstedt, 1878 accepted as Vaucheria subsimplex P.Crouan & H.Crouan, 1867 (synonym)
- Species Vaucheria starmachii Kadlubowska, 1972 accepted as Vaucheria dichotoma (Linnaeus) Martius, 1817 (synonym)
- Species Vaucheria subschleicheri C.-C.Jao, 1939 accepted as Vaucheria schleicheri De Wildeman, 1895
- Species Vaucheria thuretii Woronin, 1869 accepted as Vaucheria velutina C.Agardh, 1824 (synonym)
- Species Vaucheria tuberosa A.Braun ex Kützing, 1849 accepted as Dichotomosiphon tuberosus (A.Braun ex Kützing) A.Ernst, 1902 (synonym)
- Species Vaucheria aponina (Pollini) Sprengel (uncertain)
- Species Vaucheria australis C.Agardh, 1824 (uncertain)
- Species Vaucheria boryana C.Agardh (uncertain)
- Species Vaucheria dalmatica Zanardini, 1843 (uncertain)
- Species Vaucheria erecta J.Arechavaleta, 1883 (uncertain, uncertain taxonomic status subjected to verification)
- Species Vaucheria fluitans Klebs (uncertain)
- Species Vaucheria glaucescens Martius (uncertain)
- Species Vaucheria globulifera West & G.S.West, 1907 (uncertain)
- Species Vaucheria hamulata Kützing (uncertain)
- Species Vaucheria humicola Lagerheim (uncertain)
- Species Vaucheria humilis J.Arechavaleta, 1883 (uncertain, uncertain taxonomic status subjected to verification)
- Species Vaucheria islandica (Börg.) Cedergren (uncertain)
- Species Vaucheria macrocarpa J.Arechavaleta, 1883 (uncertain, uncertain taxonomic status subjected to verification)
- Species Vaucheria macrorhiza Schousboe (uncertain)
- Species Vaucheria maritima P.Crouan & H.Crouan, 1860 (uncertain)
- Species Vaucheria mauritanica Schousboe (uncertain)
- Species Vaucheria melanocarpa Schousboe (uncertain)
- Species Vaucheria melanosperma Schousboe (uncertain)
- Species Vaucheria microscopica Schrank, 1814 (uncertain)
- Species Vaucheria polymorpha Meyen, 1829 (uncertain)
- Species Vaucheria pulchella J.Arechavaleta, 1883 (uncertain, uncertain taxonomic status subjected to verification)
- Species Vaucheria ramosa J.Arechavaleta, 1883 (uncertain, uncertain taxonomic status subjected to verification)
- Species Vaucheria spegazzinii J.Arechavaleta, 1883 (uncertain, uncertain taxonomic status subjected to verification)
- Species Vaucheria sphaerocarpa Kützing (uncertain)
- Species Vaucheria tingitana Schousboe (uncertain)
- Species Vaucheria vesicata (Mueller) Leiblein (uncertain)
- Species Vaucheria vesiculosa Kützing (uncertain)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Not documented
LSID urn:lsid:algaebase.org:taxname:8275
LSID urn:lsid:algaebase.org:taxname:8275 [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). Vaucheria A.P.de Candolle, 1801. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=144303 on 2025-04-30
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Nomenclature
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]
Other
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 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]




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LSID urn:lsid:algaebase.org:taxname:8275 [details]