WoRMS taxon details
Chaetomorpha aerea (Dillwyn) Kützing, 1849
145020 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:145020)
accepted
Species
Chaetomorpha crassa (C.Agardh) Kützing, 1845 · unaccepted
Chaetomorpha paucitatis Gilbert, 1965 · unaccepted (synonym)
Chaetomorpha princeps (Kützing) Kützing, 1845 · unaccepted (synonym)
Chaetomorpha torulosa Kützing, 1845 · unaccepted (synonym)
Chaetomorpha variabilis (Kützing) Kützing, 1845 · unaccepted
Chaetomorpha vasta Kützing, 1849 · unaccepted (synonym)
Conferva aerea Dillwyn, 1806 · unaccepted
Conferva princeps Kützing, 1843 · unaccepted (synonym)
Conferva torulosa Zanardini, 1843 · unaccepted (synonym)
Conferva variabilis Kützing, 1843 · unaccepted (synonym)
Conferva vasta Kützing, 1843 · unaccepted (synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh
(of Conferva aerea Dillwyn, 1806) Dillwyn, L.W. (1806). British Confervae; or colored figures and descriptions of the British plants referred by botanists to the genus Conferva. <em>London: W. Phillips.</em> pls 57-68, 70-81.
page(s): pl.80 [details]
page(s): pl.80 [details]
Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. (2026). AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway (taxonomic information republished from AlgaeBase with permission of M.D. Guiry). Chaetomorpha aerea (Dillwyn) Kützing, 1849. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=145020 on 2026-10-11
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Conferva aerea Dillwyn, 1806) Dillwyn, L.W. (1806). British Confervae; or colored figures and descriptions of the British plants referred by botanists to the genus Conferva. <em>London: W. Phillips.</em> pls 57-68, 70-81.
page(s): pl.80 [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]
new combination reference Kützing, F.T. (1849). Species Algarum. F. A. Brockhaus: Lipsiae (Leipzig). VI-922 pp. (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.60464 [details]
page(s): pl.80 [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]
new combination reference Kützing, F.T. (1849). Species Algarum. F. A. Brockhaus: Lipsiae (Leipzig). VI-922 pp. (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.60464 [details]
Other
context source (PeRMS)
Avila-Peltroche, J.; Padilla, J. (2020). The seaweed resources of Peru. <em>Botanica Marina.</em> 63. 381-394., available online at https://doi.org/10.1515/bot-2020-0026 [details]
context source (Bermuda) Schneider, C. W. (2003). An annotated checklist and bibliography of the marine macroalgae of the Bermuda Islands. Nova Hedwigia, 76(3-4): 275-361, available online at https://doi.org/10.1127/0029-5035/2003/0076-0275 [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 Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. (2026). 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]
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
[request]
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 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 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 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]
context source (Bermuda) Schneider, C. W. (2003). An annotated checklist and bibliography of the marine macroalgae of the Bermuda Islands. Nova Hedwigia, 76(3-4): 275-361, available online at https://doi.org/10.1127/0029-5035/2003/0076-0275 [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 Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. (2026). 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]
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
[request]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 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 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 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]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
LSID urn:lsid:algaebase.org:taxname:94186 [details]Unreviewed
Diet photosynthetic [details]Distribution Long Island Sound to Gulf of St. Lawrence [details]
Habitat mid- to high littoral tide pools [details]
Morphology Green colour from Chlorophyll a and b. [details]
Remark Species was mentioned in original list, but not in the final publication: Costello, M.J.; Emblow, C.; White, R. (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. Muséum national d'Histoire Naturelle: Paris, France. ISBN 2-85653-538-0. 463 pp. [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]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Dutch | borstelwier | [details] |
| Japanese | ホソジュズモ [from synonym]タルガタジュズモ | [details] |
| Norwegian Bokmål | fjærepyttsnøre | [details] |
| Norwegian Nynorsk | fjørepyttsnøre | [details] |
Published in AlgaeBase 
Published in AlgaeBase (from synonym Chaetomorpha crassa (C.Agardh) Kützing, 1845)
Published in AlgaeBase (from synonym Conferva aerea Dillwyn, 1806)
Published in AlgaeBase (from synonym Chaetomorpha variabilis (Kützing) Kützing, 1845)
Published in AlgaeBase (from synonym Conferva princeps Kützing, 1843)
Published in AlgaeBase (from synonym Chaetomorpha princeps (Kützing) Kützing, 1845)
Published in AlgaeBase (from synonym Conferva torulosa Zanardini, 1843)
Published in AlgaeBase (from synonym Chaetomorpha paucitatis Gilbert, 1965)
Published in AlgaeBase (from synonym Conferva variabilis Kützing, 1843)
Published in AlgaeBase (from synonym Conferva vasta Kützing, 1843)
Published in AlgaeBase (from synonym Chaetomorpha vasta Kützing, 1849)
Published in AlgaeBase (from synonym Chaetomorpha torulosa Kützing, 1845)
To Barcode of Life (from synonym Chaetomorpha crassa (C.Agardh) Kützing, 1845)
To Barcode of Life
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (127 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (23 publications) (from synonym Conferva torulosa Zanardini, 1843)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (49 publications) (from synonym Conferva aerea Dillwyn, 1806)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Conferva princeps Kützing, 1843)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (58 publications) (from synonym Chaetomorpha crassa (C.Agardh) Kützing, 1845)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Chaetomorpha princeps (Kützing) Kützing, 1845)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Chaetomorpha torulosa Kützing, 1845)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Chaetomorpha crassa (C.Agardh) Kützing, 1845)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Chaetomorpha aerea)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Chaetomorpha crassa) (from synonym Chaetomorpha crassa (C.Agardh) Kützing, 1845)
To GenBank (27 nucleotides; 0 proteins) (from synonym Conferva aerea Dillwyn, 1806)
To GenBank (27 nucleotides; 0 proteins)
To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 0 proteins) (from synonym Chaetomorpha crassa (C.Agardh) Kützing, 1845)
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Chaetomorpha crassa (C.Agardh) Kützing, 1845)
To ITIS
Published in AlgaeBase
(from synonym Chaetomorpha crassa (C.Agardh) Kützing, 1845)Published in AlgaeBase
(from synonym Conferva aerea Dillwyn, 1806)Published in AlgaeBase
(from synonym Chaetomorpha variabilis (Kützing) Kützing, 1845)Published in AlgaeBase
(from synonym Conferva princeps Kützing, 1843)Published in AlgaeBase
(from synonym Chaetomorpha princeps (Kützing) Kützing, 1845)Published in AlgaeBase
(from synonym Conferva torulosa Zanardini, 1843)Published in AlgaeBase
(from synonym Chaetomorpha paucitatis Gilbert, 1965)Published in AlgaeBase
(from synonym Conferva variabilis Kützing, 1843)Published in AlgaeBase
(from synonym Conferva vasta Kützing, 1843)Published in AlgaeBase
(from synonym Chaetomorpha vasta Kützing, 1849)Published in AlgaeBase
(from synonym Chaetomorpha torulosa Kützing, 1845)To Barcode of Life (from synonym Chaetomorpha crassa (C.Agardh) Kützing, 1845)
To Barcode of Life
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (127 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (23 publications) (from synonym Conferva torulosa Zanardini, 1843)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (49 publications) (from synonym Conferva aerea Dillwyn, 1806)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Conferva princeps Kützing, 1843)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (58 publications) (from synonym Chaetomorpha crassa (C.Agardh) Kützing, 1845)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Chaetomorpha princeps (Kützing) Kützing, 1845)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Chaetomorpha torulosa Kützing, 1845)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Chaetomorpha crassa (C.Agardh) Kützing, 1845)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Chaetomorpha aerea)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Chaetomorpha crassa) (from synonym Chaetomorpha crassa (C.Agardh) Kützing, 1845)
To GenBank (27 nucleotides; 0 proteins) (from synonym Conferva aerea Dillwyn, 1806)
To GenBank (27 nucleotides; 0 proteins)
To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 0 proteins) (from synonym Chaetomorpha crassa (C.Agardh) Kützing, 1845)
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Chaetomorpha crassa (C.Agardh) Kützing, 1845)
To ITIS
Unreviewed
