WoRMS name details
Enteromorpha crinita Nees, 1820
156079 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:156079)
unaccepted
Species
Enteromorpha Link, 1820 accepted as Ulva Linnaeus, 1753
- Forma Enteromorpha crinita f. latior Schiffner
- Variety Enteromorpha crinita var. procara
- Forma Enteromorpha crinita f. grossa Hylmö, 1916 (uncertain)
- Variety Enteromorpha crinita var. procera-ramulifera Hylmö, 1916 (uncertain)
- Forma Enteromorpha crinita f. procera (Ahlner) Sjöstedt, 1927 accepted as Ulva procera (K.Ahlner) H.S.Hayden, Blomster, Maggs, P.C.Silva, Stanhope & Waaland, 2003 accepted as Ulva prolifera O.F.Müller, 1778 (synonym)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
Nees, C.G. (1820). Horae physicae Berolinenses collectae ex symbolis virorum doctorum H. Linkii...; edicuravit Christianus Godof. Nees ab Esenbeck. <em>Bonnae [Bonn]: Sumtibus Adolphi Marcus.</em> pp. [i-xii], 1-123, [4], 27 pls., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.11177 [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. (2026). AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway (taxonomic information republished from AlgaeBase with permission of M.D. Guiry). Enteromorpha crinita Nees, 1820. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=156079 on 2026-04-28
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Nomenclature
original description
Nees, C.G. (1820). Horae physicae Berolinenses collectae ex symbolis virorum doctorum H. Linkii...; edicuravit Christianus Godof. Nees ab Esenbeck. <em>Bonnae [Bonn]: Sumtibus Adolphi Marcus.</em> pp. [i-xii], 1-123, [4], 27 pls., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.11177 [details]
basis of record Dulyamode, R. (1996). An overview of marine algae of Mauritius. <em>Current Trends in Marine Botany Research in the East African Region.</em> 132 - 140. [details]
basis of record Dulyamode, R. (1996). An overview of marine algae of Mauritius. <em>Current Trends in Marine Botany Research in the East African Region.</em> 132 - 140. [details]
Taxonomy
source of synonymy
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]
Other
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 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 Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [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 Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Diet photosynthetic [details]Dimensions up to 40 cm long [details]
Distribution Long Island Sound to Strait of Belle Isle [details]
Habitat found in somewhat protected areas in the mid-littoral to upper littoral attached to rocks, epiphytic or in mats [details]
Morphology Green colour from Chlorophyll a and b. [details]
Remark According to Silva(1996) is Enteromorpha crinita as synonym of Enteromorpha muscoides (Clemente y Rubio) Cremades [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 | |
|---|---|---|
| Japanese | ホソエダアオノリ | [details] |
