WoRMS

WoRMS taxon details

Ulva lactuca Linnaeus, 1753

AphiaID

145984 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:145984)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Typetaxon of

Ulva Linnaeus, 1753

Parent

Ulva Linnaeus, 1753

Orig. name

Ulva lactuca Linnaeus, 1753

Synonymised names

Monostroma lactuca (Linnaeus) J.Agardh, 1883 · unaccepted

Phycoseris fasciata (Delile) Montagne, 1856 · unaccepted (synonym)

Phyllona lactuca (Linnaeus) F.H.Wiggers, 1780 · unaccepted (synonym)

Ulva crassa Kjellman, 1877 · unaccepted (synonym)

Ulva fasciata Delile, 1813 · unaccepted (synonym)

Ulva lactuca f. fasciata (Delile) Hering, 1846 · unaccepted (synonym)

Ulva lactucaefolia S.F.Gray, 1821 · unaccepted (synonym)

Ulva tenera Kornmann & Sahling, 1994 · unaccepted

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Environment

marine

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., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/669#/summary
page(s): 1163. Volume 2. [details]

Descriptive notes

LSID urn:lsid:algaebase.org:taxname:77474

LSID urn:lsid:algaebase.org:taxname:77474 [details]

Distribution Long Island Sound to Strait of Belle Isle

Distribution Long Island Sound to Strait of Belle Isle [details]

Taxonomic citation

Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. (2023). AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway (taxonomic information republished from AlgaeBase with permission of M.D. Guiry). Ulva lactuca Linnaeus, 1753. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=145984 on 2023-09-22

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

Guiry, Michael D.

2015-06-26 12:00:51Z

changed

Guiry, Michael D.

Licensing

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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., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/669#/summary
page(s): 1163. Volume 2. [details]

context source (Introduced species) Katsanevakis, S.; Bogucarskis, K.; Gatto, F.; Vandekerkhove, J.; Deriu, I.; Cardoso A.S. (2012). Building the European Alien Species Information Network (EASIN): a novel approach for the exploration of distributed alien species data. BioInvasions Records. 1: 235-245., available online at http://easin.jrc.ec.europa.eu [details] Available for editors

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context source (HKRMS) City University of Hong Kong. (2000). Study of the suitablility of Ping Chau to be established as marine park or marine reserve. Final report submitted to the Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department, The Hong Kong SAR Government. [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 [details]

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 Linkletter, L. E. (1977). A checklist of marine fauna and flora of the Bay of Fundy. Huntsman Marine Laboratory, St. Andrews, N.B. 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. untsman Marine Laboratory. St. Andrews, New Brunswick. 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]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/145561.pdf [details]

additional source Check list of Antarctic and Subantarctic Seaweeds by Wiencke C & Clayton MN, 2002. (look up in IMIS) [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. China Science Press. 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors

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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]

additional source Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. (2023). AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. searched on YYYY-MM-DD., available online at http://www.algaebase.org [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:77474 [details]

From regional or thematic species database

Introduced species vector dispersal in Turkish part of the Aegean Sea (Marine Region) : Shipping [details]

Introduced species vector dispersal in Turkish part of the Aegean Sea (Marine Region) : Fisheries: accidental with deliberate translocations of fish or shellfish [details]

From other sources

Diet photosynthetic [details]

Distribution Long Island Sound to Strait of Belle Isle [details]

Habitat open coast attached to any hard substrata or epiphytic in tide pools, low littoral to sublittoral to 24 m; also may form extensive free floating mats on muddy or silted bottoms in protected bays and shallow estuaries [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]

Language	Name
Danish	søsalat	[details]
Dutch	zeesla	[details]
English	sea lettuce	[details]
French	ulvesaladelaitue de mer	[details]
German	Meersalat	[details]
Japanese	リボンアオサ [from synonym]オオバアオサ	[details]
Norwegian Bokmål	havsalat	[details]
Norwegian Nynorsk	havsalat	[details]