Traits taxon details
Cladophora Kützing, 1843
- Species Cladophora acrosiphonia J.Agardh
- Species Cladophora acrosperma Kützing, 1843
- Species Cladophora aculeata (Suhr) De Toni, 1889
- Species Cladophora aculeata Kützing, 1849
- Species Cladophora adhaerens Harvey
- Species Cladophora aegagropiloidea Hoek & Womersley, 1984
- Species Cladophora aegiceras (Montagne) Kützing, 1849
- Species Cladophora aequalis Zanardini ex Frauenfeld
- Species Cladophora afra Kützing, 1849
- Species Cladophora agardhii (Kützing) Kützing
- Species Cladophora albida (Nees) Kutzing, 1843
- Species Cladophora allantoides (Montagne) Kützing, 1849
- Species Cladophora alyssoidea Meneghini
- Species Cladophora anisogona (Montagne) Kützing, 1849
- Species Cladophora aokii Yamada, 1925
- Species Cladophora arbuscula Möbius & Reinbold, 1907
- Species Cladophora arbuscula Kjellman, 1897
- Species Cladophora arctica (Dillwyn) Kützing
- Species Cladophora arenaria Sakai, 1964
- Species Cladophora aucklandica Rabenhorst, 1878
- Species Cladophora australis Rabenhorst, 1874
- Species Cladophora basicladioides C.C.Jao
- Species Cladophora bicolor J.Agardh, 1878
- Species Cladophora binderi Kützing
- Species Cladophora blomquistii Hoek, 1982
- Species Cladophora bombayensis Børgesen, 1935
- Species Cladophora brasiliana G.Martens, 1866
- Species Cladophora brevis Noda
- Species Cladophora bryoïdes Kützing
- Species Cladophora cannabina (Aresch.) Aresch.ex Kützing
- Species Cladophora capensis (C.Agardh) De Toni, 1889
- Species Cladophora cartilaginea (Ruprecht) Harvey
- Species Cladophora catenata Kützing, 1843
- Species Cladophora centralis (Lyngbye) Kützing
- Species Cladophora ceylanica Durairatnam, 1962
- Species Cladophora charoïdes Chauvin
- Species Cladophora chartacea Grunow, 1867
- Species Cladophora chilensis (Kützing) Kützing
- Species Cladophora chlorocontracta Hoek, 1982
- Species Cladophora cincinnata (Foslie) De Toni
- Species Cladophora clavata Möbius
- Species Cladophora coalita (Ruprecht) Harvey
- Species Cladophora codiola Zeller
- Species Cladophora coelothrix Kützing, 1843
- Species Cladophora cohaerens (Ruprecht) De Toni
- Species Cladophora colabensis Børgesen, 1935
- Species Cladophora colensoi Harvey, 1855
- Species Cladophora columbiana F.S.Collins, 1903
- Species Cladophora comatula Kützing
- Species Cladophora compacta (K.I.Meyer) K.I.Meyer, 1976
- Species Cladophora conferta P.Crouan & H.Crouan, 1865
- Species Cladophora confusa Hariot, 1891
- Species Cladophora congesta P.L.Crouan & H.M.Crouan, 1865
- Species Cladophora congesta Zanardini, 1855
- Species Cladophora congregata (C.Agardh) Kützing
- Species Cladophora constricta F.S.Collins, 1909
- Species Cladophora contexta Levring, 1938
- Species Cladophora contorta Zeller
- Species Cladophora corallicola Børgesen, 1913
- Species Cladophora corallinicola Sonder, 1879
- Species Cladophora cornuta Brand, 1895
- Species Cladophora crispula Vickers, 1905
- Species Cladophora cristata Kützing
- Species Cladophora crouani (Chauvin) P.L.Crouan & H.M.Crouan, 1852
- Species Cladophora crouanii G.Murray
- Species Cladophora crucigera Grunow, 1867
- Species Cladophora crystalina
- Species Cladophora cymopoliae Børgesen, 1925
- Species Cladophora dalmatica Kützing, 1843
- Species Cladophora daviesii Harvey, 1855
- Species Cladophora debilis Kützing, 1849
- Species Cladophora demissa J.Agardh, 1886
- Species Cladophora dichotomo-divaricata P.L.Crouan & H.M.Crouan
- Species Cladophora dilatata (Roth) Frauenfeld
- Species Cladophora diluta V.Martens
- Species Cladophora distans (Agardh) P.L.Crouan & H.M.Crouan
- Species Cladophora divaricata
- Species Cladophora divergens Kjellman, 1897
- Species Cladophora dubia Kützing
- Species Cladophora dubia Schmidle
- Species Cladophora dusenii Brand, 1902
- Species Cladophora elegans
- Species Cladophora elmorei E.Y.Dawson, 1949
- Species Cladophora engelmanni Kützing
- Species Cladophora enomotoi C.Hoek & Chihara, 2000
- Species Cladophora enormis (Mont.) Kützing
- Species Cladophora exigua Zeller
- Species Cladophora exilis Harvey
- Species Cladophora fangchenensis L.Luan & R.Ding, 2013
- Species Cladophora fascicularioïdes P.L.Crouan & H.M.Crouan
- Species Cladophora fertilis Askenasy, 1894
- Species Cladophora firma Kützing
- Species Cladophora flabelliformis (Jönsson) F.Bran
- Species Cladophora flagelliformis (Suhr) Kützing, 1849
- Species Cladophora flavoalbida Kützing
- Species Cladophora flavo-virens Kützing
- Species Cladophora flexuosa (O.F.Müller) Kützing, 1843
- Species Cladophora floccosa K.I.Meyer, 1927
- Species Cladophora fluviatilis K.Möbius
- Species Cladophora fracta (O.F.Müller ex Vahl) Kützing, 1843
- Species Cladophora fritschii P.Anand, 1938
- Species Cladophora fuliginosa Kützing, 1849
- Species Cladophora fusca G.Martens, 1866
- Species Cladophora gattyae Harvey
- Species Cladophora giraudyi Kützing
- Species Cladophora globifera
- Species Cladophora globosa (C.Agardh) Trevisan
- Species Cladophora globulina (Kützing) Kützing, 1845
- Species Cladophora glomerata (Linnaeus) Kützing, 1843
- Species Cladophora gollmeriana Grunow, 1868
- Species Cladophora goweri A.H.S.Lucas, 1935
- Species Cladophora gracilis Kützing, 1845
- Species Cladophora graeca Schiffner
- Species Cladophora graminea F.S.Collins, 1909
- Species Cladophora grota L.Luan & R.Ding, 2013
- Species Cladophora haligeniae P.L.Crouan & H.M.Crouan
- Species Cladophora hamifera Reinbold, 1905
- Species Cladophora hariotiana Howe
- Species Cladophora hauckii Børgesen, 1946
- Species Cladophora hawaiiana Tilden, 1909
- Species Cladophora hesperia Setchell & N.L.Gardner, 1924
- Species Cladophora hilarii Greville
- Species Cladophora hochstetteri Grunow, 1868
- Species Cladophora hospita (Mertens ex Chamisso) Kützing, 1843
- Species Cladophora humida Brand, 1913
- Species Cladophora hutchinsiae (Dillwyn) Kützing, 1845
- Species Cladophora hutchinsioides C.Hoek & Womersley, 1984
- Species Cladophora hyalina Kützing
- Species Cladophora hystrix (Strömfelt) De Toni
- Species Cladophora inclusa Børgesen, 1925
- Species Cladophora inconspicua G.S.West, 1907
- Species Cladophora incrustans Grunow
- Species Cladophora incrustata (Zanardini) Zanardini
- Species Cladophora incurvata Durairatnam
- Species Cladophora incurvata West & G.S.West
- Species Cladophora intermedia (Foslie) De Toni, 1889
- Species Cladophora intertexta Collins, 1901
- Species Cladophora isaacii Simons, 1960
- Species Cladophora jiangsuensis L.Luan & R.Ding, 2013
- Species Cladophora jongiorum C.Hoek, 1969
- Species Cladophora kamerunica Brand, 1911
- Species Cladophora kemariensis P.Anand, 1938
- Species Cladophora kilneri Sonder
- Species Cladophora kjellmaniana Wittrock
- Species Cladophora koeiei Børgesen, 1939
- Species Cladophora kozhowii G.F.Zagorenko & L.A.Izhboldina, 1977
- Species Cladophora kursanovii Skabichevskij, 1976
- Species Cladophora kuznetzowii K.I.Meyer [C.I.Meyer], 1930
- Species Cladophora laetevirens (Dillwyn) Kützing, 1843
- Species Cladophora lagunarun Schiffner
- Species Cladophora lehmanniana (Lindenberg) Kützing, 1843
- Species Cladophora leucobryoides Setchell
- Species Cladophora leucocoma Kützing
- Species Cladophora liaoxiensis L.Luan & R.Ding, 2013
- Species Cladophora liebetruthii Grunow, 1884
- Species Cladophora liniformis Kützing, 1849
- Species Cladophora linnaei (Kützing) Kützing
- Species Cladophora lucens Kützing
- Species Cladophora luzoniensis V.Martens
- Species Cladophora lyngbyei Børgesen
- Species Cladophora macdougalii M.A.Howe, 1911
- Species Cladophora magellanica Ardissone, 1888
- Species Cladophora mamillata Leliaert, 2005
- Species Cladophora mammiformis (Montagne) Montagne
- Species Cladophora margaritifera Kützing
- Species Cladophora merrifieldae R.Brown
- Species Cladophora mertensii Harvey
- Species Cladophora mexica P.L.Crouan & H.M.Crouan
- Species Cladophora meyeri Skabichevskij, 1976
- Species Cladophora michaelensis O.C.Schmidt, 1929
- Species Cladophora microcladia Grunow
- Species Cladophora microcladioides Collins, 1909
- Species Cladophora minima (Foslie) De Toni
- Species Cladophora minima (Okada) Sakai, 1964
- Species Cladophora minuta Dickie
- Species Cladophora minutula Reinhardt
- Species Cladophora monilifornis Collins, 1918
- Species Cladophora montagnei
- Species Cladophora nana Wittrock
- Species Cladophora nigrescens Zanardini ex Frauenfeld, 1855
- Species Cladophora nipponica P.C.Silva, 1972
- Species Cladophora nitellopsis Børgesen, 1939
- Species Cladophora okadae Sakai & Yoshida, 1977
- Species Cladophora oligoclada Harvey, 1849
- Species Cladophora oligocladoidea C.Hoek & Chihara, 2000
- Species Cladophora oligoclados Rabenhorst
- Species Cladophora opaca Sakai, 1964
- Species Cladophora pachyliebetruthii C.Hoek & Chihara, 2000
- Species Cladophora panamensis W.R.Taylor, 1945
- Species Cladophora pannosa G.Dickie
- Species Cladophora papenfussii P.H.Hô, 1969
- Species Cladophora parriaudii van den Hoek, 1963
- Species Cladophora parvula Möbius, 1894
- Species Cladophora patentiramea (Montagne) Kützing, 1849
- Species Cladophora pectinata (Zanardini) Frauenfeld
- Species Cladophora pectinella Grunow, 1867
- Species Cladophora penicillioides C.Hoek & Chihara, 2000
- Species Cladophora perpusilla Skottsberg & Levring, 1941
- Species Cladophora peruviana (W.R.Taylor) E.Y.Dawson, Acleto & Foldvik, 1964
- Species Cladophora philippinensis Manza
- Species Cladophora pinnata G.Dickie
- Species Cladophora piscinae Collins & Hervey, 1917
- Species Cladophora pithophoroides Phinney
- Species Cladophora polaris Harvey, 1860
- Species Cladophora prasina Harvey
- Species Cladophora prehendens Kraft & A.J.K.Millar, 2000
- Species Cladophora prolifera (Roth) Kützing, 1843
- Species Cladophora prolixa (Montagne) De Toni
- Species Cladophora pseudorupestris Hoek, 1982
- Species Cladophora pseudosericea P.L.Crouan & H.M.Crouan
- Species Cladophora pseudostruveoides Kraft & A.J.K.Millar, 2000
- Species Cladophora pulvinata (K.I.Meyer) K.I.Meyer
- Species Cladophora punaensis Tilden
- Species Cladophora pura Kützing
- Species Cladophora quisumbingii Manza, 1939
- Species Cladophora raciborskii Gutwinski
- Species Cladophora radians Kützing
- Species Cladophora ramosa Menegh.
- Species Cladophora ramosa Kützing
- Species Cladophora rechingeri Reinbold, 1907
- Species Cladophora refracta Kützing, 1843
- Species Cladophora retroflexa (Bonnemaison ex P.L.Crouan & H.M.Crouan) G.Hamel, 1929
- Species Cladophora rhizobrachialis C.C.Jao, 1944
- Species Cladophora rhizoclonioidea Hoek & Womersley, 1984
- Species Cladophora rhizoplea Kjellman, 1897
- Species Cladophora rigidula Collins & Hervey, 1917
- Species Cladophora riparia Hassall
- Species Cladophora rivularis (Linnaeus) Kuntze, 1891
- Species Cladophora ruchingeri (C.Agardh) Kützing, 1845
- Species Cladophora rugulosa G.Martens, 1866
- Species Cladophora rupestris (Linnaeus) Kützing, 1843
- Species Cladophora sacculifera Kützing
- Species Cladophora sagraeana Montagne
- Species Cladophora samoensis Grunow
- Species Cladophora saracenica Børgesen, 1935
- Species Cladophora saviniana Børgesen, 1948
- Species Cladophora savoeana Reinbold, 1905
- Species Cladophora saxatilis (Ruprecht) De Toni
- Species Cladophora scopiformis (Ruprecht) Harvey
- Species Cladophora senegalensis De Toni
- Species Cladophora senescens (Kützing) Kützing
- Species Cladophora sericea (Hudson) Kützing, 1843
- Species Cladophora sericioides Børgesen, 1939
- Species Cladophora sibogae Reinbold, 1905
- Species Cladophora sivashensis C.Meyer, 1922
- Species Cladophora socialis Kützing, 1849
- Species Cladophora speciosa Sakai, 1964
- Species Cladophora spinigera (Montagne) Montagne
- Species Cladophora spongopsimorpha Reinhardt
- Species Cladophora stewartensis F.Brand, 1911
- Species Cladophora stimpsonii Harvey, 1860
- Species Cladophora striata Schmidle
- Species Cladophora striolata Kützing, 1843
- Species Cladophora subglomerata Kützing
- Species Cladophora submarina P.Crouan & H.Crouan, 1865
- Species Cladophora subnitida Schiffner
- Species Cladophora subtilis (Kützing) P.L.Crouan & H.M.Crouan
- Species Cladophora subtilissima R.L.Taylor & Freshwater, 2017
- Species Cladophora subulifera
- Species Cladophora subvaricosa G.DIckie, 1874
- Species Cladophora suhriana Kützing, 1843
- Species Cladophora sumbawensis Sonder
- Species Cladophora surera E.R.Parodi & E.J.Cáceres
- Species Cladophora tenuior (Børgesen) Woronichin
- Species Cladophora teterochloa Kützing
- Species Cladophora teusmannii Kützing
- Species Cladophora theotonii O.C.Schmidt, 1929
- Species Cladophora thermalis P.L.Crouan & H.M.Crouan
- Species Cladophora thwaitesii Harvey, 1857
- Species Cladophora tiburonensis E.Y.Dawson, 1944
- Species Cladophora tildenii F.Brand
- Species Cladophora timorensis G.Martens, 1866
- Species Cladophora tomentosa Suringar, 1867
- Species Cladophora tondanensis G.Martens, 1868
- Species Cladophora tranquebariensis (Roth) Kützing, 1849
- Species Cladophora trinitatis Kützing, 1849
- Species Cladophora tropica P.L.Crouan & H.M.Crouan
- Species Cladophora vadorum (J.E.Areschoug) Kützing, 1849
- Species Cladophora vaga Kützing
- Species Cladophora vagabunda (Linnaeus) Hoek, 1963
- Species Cladophora valonioides (Sonder) Kützing, 1849
- Species Cladophora vandenhoekii J.N.Norris & J.L.Olsen, 1991
- Species Cladophora vaughanii Børgesen, 1948
- Species Cladophora veneta (Zanardini) Zanardini
- Species Cladophora verticillata Kützing, 1849
- Species Cladophora villosa Kützing
- Species Cladophora viminea (Ruprecht) De Toni
- Species Cladophora viminea (Ruprecht) Harvey
- Species Cladophora virgatula Grunow, 1867
- Species Cladophora viridifusca (Montagne) Montagne, 1856
- Species Cladophora warburgii Schmidle
- Species Cladophora weitzenbaurii O.C.Schmidt
- Species Cladophora weizenbauii O.C.Schmidt, 1929
- Species Cladophora willeelloides Kraft & A.J.K.Millar, 2000
- Species Cladophora woolsii Sonder, 1880
- Species Cladophora wormskioldii (Mertens) Kützing
- Species Cladophora woronichinii Hollerbach
- Species Cladophora wrightiana Harvey, 1860
- Species Cladophora battersii C.Hoek, 1963 accepted as Lychaete battersii (C.Hoek) M.J.Wynne, 2017
- Species Cladophora conglomerata Küzting, 1853 accepted as Cladophora vagabunda (Linnaeus) Hoek, 1963
- Species Cladophora crinalis Harvey, 1855 accepted as Rama crinalis Boedeker, M.J.Wynne & Zuccarello, 2023
- Species Cladophora echinus (Biasoletto) Kützing, 1849 accepted as Lychaete echinus (Biasoletto) M.J.Wynne, 2017
- Species Cladophora falklandica (Hooker f. & Harvey) Hooker f. & Harvey, 1847 accepted as Rama falklandica (Hooker f. & Harvey) Boedeker, M.J. Wynne & Zuccarello, 2023
- Species Cladophora feredayi Harvey, 1858 accepted as Lychaete feredayi (Harvey) M.J.Wynne, 2017
- Species Cladophora herpestica (Montagne) Kützing, 1849 accepted as Lychaete herpestica (Montagne) M.J.Wynne, 2017
- Species Cladophora incompta (Hooker f. & Harvey) Hooker f. & Harvey, 1847 accepted as Rama incompta (Hooker f. & Harvey) Boedeker, M.J.Wynne & Zuccarello, 2023
- Species Cladophora martensii Meneghini ex Kützing, 1849 accepted as Aegagropila brownii (Dillwyn) Kützing, 1854
- Species Cladophora muscoides Meneghini ex Kützing, 1849 accepted as Aegagropila brownii (Dillwyn) Kützing, 1854
- Species Cladophora pachyderma (Kjellman) Brand, 1908 accepted as Rhizoclonium pachydermum Kjellman, 1877
- Species Cladophora pellucida (Hudson) Kützing, 1843 accepted as Lychaete pellucida (Hudson) M.J.Wynne, 2017
- Species Cladophora pygmaea Reinke, 1888 accepted as Lychaete pygmaea (Reinke) M.J.Wynne, 2017
- Species Cladophora rhodolithicola Leliaert, 2009 accepted as Lychaete rhodolithicola (Leliaert) M.J.Wynne, 2017
- Species Cladophora spongophila Koorders, 1902 accepted as Ulvella spongophila (Weber Bosse) Škaloud & Leliaert, 2018
- Species Cladophora subsimplex Kützing, 1849 accepted as Rama falklandica (Hooker f. & Harvey) Boedeker, M.J. Wynne & Zuccarello, 2023
- Species Cladophora crinalis Kützing, 1843 (uncertain)
marine, brackish, fresh
Kützing, F. T. (1843). Phycologia generalis : oder Anatomie. <em>Physiologie und Systemkunde der tange.</em> [part 1]: [i]-xxxii, [1]-142, [part 2:] 143-458, 1, err.], pls 1-80. (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.4746 [details] 
Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. (2021). AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway (taxonomic information republished from AlgaeBase with permission of M.D. Guiry). Cladophora Kützing, 1843. Accessed through: Marine Species Traits editorial board (2021) Marine Species Traits at: https://marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=143996 on 2025-04-17
Marine Species Traits editorial board (2025). Marine Species Traits. Cladophora Kützing, 1843. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=143996 on 2025-04-17
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Kützing, F. T. (1843). Phycologia generalis : oder Anatomie. <em>Physiologie und Systemkunde der tange.</em> [part 1]: [i]-xxxii, [1]-142, [part 2:] 143-458, 1, err.], pls 1-80. (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.4746 [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]
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
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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]
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
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