WoRMS taxon details
Sphaerotrichia firma (E.S.Gepp) A.D.Zinova, 1958
374066 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:374066)
accepted
Species
Chordaria firma E.S.Gepp, 1904 · unaccepted (synonym)
marine
Not documented
LSID urn:lsid:algaebase.org:taxname:65495
LSID urn:lsid:algaebase.org:taxname:65495 [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). Sphaerotrichia firma (E.S.Gepp) A.D.Zinova, 1958. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=374066 on 2026-07-14
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Nomenclature
basis of record
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
context source (ERMS)
Van der Loos, L. M.; Bafort, Q.; Bosch, S.; Ballesteros, E.; Bárbara, I.; Berecibar, E.; Blanfuné, A.; Bogaert, K.; Bouckenooghe, S.; Boudouresque, C.-F.; Brodie, J.; Cecere, E.; Díaz-Tapia, P.; Engelen, A. H.; Gunnarsson, K.; Shabaka, S. H.; Hoffman, R.; Husa, V.; Israel, Á.; Karremans, M.; Knoop, J.; Le Gall, L.; Maggs, C. A.; Mineur, F.; Parente, M.; Perk, F.; Petrocelli, A.; Rodríguez-Prieto, C.; Ruitton, S.; Sansón, M.; Serrão, E. A.; Sfriso, A.; Sjøtun, K.; Stiger-Pouvreau, V.; Surget, G.; Taşkin, E.; Thibaut, T.; Tsiamis, K.; Van De Weghe, L.; Verlaque, M.; Viard, F.; Vranken, S.; Leliaert, F.; De Clerck, O. (2024). Non-indigenous seaweeds in the Northeast Atlantic Ocean, the Mediterranean Sea and Macaronesia: a critical synthesis of diversity, spatial and temporal patterns. <em>European Journal of Phycology.</em> 59(2): 127-156. (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/09670262.2023.2256828 [details] Available for editors 
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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. <em>BioInvasions Records.</em> 1: 235-245., available online at http://easin.jrc.ec.europa.eu [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Zenetos, A., M.E. Cinar, M.A. Pancucci-Papadopoulou, J.G. Harmelin, G. Furnari, F. Andaloro, N. Bellou, N. Streftaris & H. Zibrowius. (2005). Annotated list of marine alien species in the Mediterranean with records of the worst invasive species. <em>Mediterranean Marine Science.</em> 6 (2): 63-118., available online at https://www.researchgate.net/publication/273213810_Annotated_list_of_marine_alien_species_in_the_Mediterranean_with_records_of_the_worst_invasive_species [details] Available for editors [request]
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 Zenetos, A., S. Gofas, M. Verlaque, M. Cinar, J. Garcia Raso, C. Bianchi, C. Morri, E. Azzurro, M. Bilecenoglu, C. Froglia, I. Siokou, D. Violanti, A. Sfriso, G. San Martin, A. Giangrande, T. Katagan, E. Ballesteros, A. Ramos-Espla, F. Mastrototaro, O. Ocana, A. Zingone, M,. Gambi & N. Streftaris. (2010). Alien species in the Mediterranean Sea by 2010. A contribution to the application of European Union's Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD). Part I. Spatial distribution. <em>Mediterranean Marine Science.</em> 11(2): 381-493., available online at https://doi.org/10.12681/mms.87 [details]
additional source Zenetos, A., E. Meric, M. Verlaque, P. Galli, C.F. Boudouresque, A. Giangrande, M. Cinar & M. Bilecenoglu. (2008). Additions to the annotated list of marine alien biota in the Mediterranean with special emphasis on Foraminifera and Parasites. <em>Mediterranean Marine Science.</em> 9(1): 119-165., available online at https://doi.org/10.12681/mms.146 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Verlaque, M.; Ruitton, S.; Mineur, F.; Boudouresque, C.-F. (2007). CIESM Atlas of Exotic Macrophytes in the Mediterranean Sea. <em>Rapport de la Commission de l'Exploration de la mer Méditerranée, Monaco.</em> 38., available online at http://www.ciesm.org/atlas/appendix4.html#top [details] Available for editors [request]
[request]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. <em>BioInvasions Records.</em> 1: 235-245., available online at http://easin.jrc.ec.europa.eu [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Zenetos, A., M.E. Cinar, M.A. Pancucci-Papadopoulou, J.G. Harmelin, G. Furnari, F. Andaloro, N. Bellou, N. Streftaris & H. Zibrowius. (2005). Annotated list of marine alien species in the Mediterranean with records of the worst invasive species. <em>Mediterranean Marine Science.</em> 6 (2): 63-118., available online at https://www.researchgate.net/publication/273213810_Annotated_list_of_marine_alien_species_in_the_Mediterranean_with_records_of_the_worst_invasive_species [details] Available for editors
[request]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 Zenetos, A., S. Gofas, M. Verlaque, M. Cinar, J. Garcia Raso, C. Bianchi, C. Morri, E. Azzurro, M. Bilecenoglu, C. Froglia, I. Siokou, D. Violanti, A. Sfriso, G. San Martin, A. Giangrande, T. Katagan, E. Ballesteros, A. Ramos-Espla, F. Mastrototaro, O. Ocana, A. Zingone, M,. Gambi & N. Streftaris. (2010). Alien species in the Mediterranean Sea by 2010. A contribution to the application of European Union's Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD). Part I. Spatial distribution. <em>Mediterranean Marine Science.</em> 11(2): 381-493., available online at https://doi.org/10.12681/mms.87 [details]
additional source Zenetos, A., E. Meric, M. Verlaque, P. Galli, C.F. Boudouresque, A. Giangrande, M. Cinar & M. Bilecenoglu. (2008). Additions to the annotated list of marine alien biota in the Mediterranean with special emphasis on Foraminifera and Parasites. <em>Mediterranean Marine Science.</em> 9(1): 119-165., available online at https://doi.org/10.12681/mms.146 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Verlaque, M.; Ruitton, S.; Mineur, F.; Boudouresque, C.-F. (2007). CIESM Atlas of Exotic Macrophytes in the Mediterranean Sea. <em>Rapport de la Commission de l'Exploration de la mer Méditerranée, Monaco.</em> 38., available online at http://www.ciesm.org/atlas/appendix4.html#top [details] Available for editors
[request]
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:65495 [details]From regional or thematic species database
Introduced species vector dispersal in Turkey (Nation) : Fisheries: accidental with deliberate translocations of fish or shellfish [details]Introduced species vector dispersal in Turkey (Nation) : Shipping [details]
Published in AlgaeBase 
Published in AlgaeBase (from synonym Chordaria firma E.S.Gepp, 1904)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications) (from synonym Chordaria firma E.S.Gepp, 1904)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Sphaerotrichia firma)
To GenBank (32 nucleotides; 0 proteins) (from synonym Chordaria firma E.S.Gepp, 1904)
To GenBank (32 nucleotides; 0 proteins)
Published in AlgaeBase
(from synonym Chordaria firma E.S.Gepp, 1904)To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications) (from synonym Chordaria firma E.S.Gepp, 1904)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Sphaerotrichia firma)
To GenBank (32 nucleotides; 0 proteins) (from synonym Chordaria firma E.S.Gepp, 1904)
To GenBank (32 nucleotides; 0 proteins)
