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BlackSea name details

Enteromorpha Link, 1820

AphiaID

144294 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:144294)

Classification

Status

unaccepted (synonym, nom. et typ. cons.)

Accepted Name

Ulva Linnaeus, 1753

Rank

Genus

Typetaxon

Enteromorpha flexuosa (Wulfen) J.Agardh, 1883 accepted as Ulva flexuosa Wulfen, 1803

Parent

Ulvaceae J.V. Lamouroux ex Dumortier, 1822

Direct children (11)

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Species Enteromorpha ahlneriana Bliding, 1944 accepted as Ulva linza Linnaeus, 1753 (synonym)
Species Enteromorpha clathrata (Roth) Greville, 1830 accepted as Ulva clathrata (Roth) C.Agardh, 1811
Species Enteromorpha compressa (Linnaeus) Nees, 1820 accepted as Ulva compressa Linnaeus, 1753
Species Enteromorpha flexuosa (Wulfen) J.Agardh, 1883 accepted as Ulva flexuosa Wulfen, 1803
Species Enteromorpha intestinalis (Linnaeus) Nees, 1820 accepted as Ulva intestinalis Linnaeus, 1753
Species Enteromorpha kylinii Bliding, 1948 accepted as Ulva kylinii (Bliding) H.S.Hayden, Blomster, Maggs, P.C.Silva, Stanhope & Waaland, 2003
Species Enteromorpha linza (Linnaeus) J.Agardh, 1883 accepted as Ulva linza Linnaeus, 1753
Species Enteromorpha maeotica Proshkina-Lavrenko, 1945 accepted as Ulva maeotica (Proshkina-Lavrenko) P.M.Tsarenko, 2011
Species Enteromorpha muscoides (Clemente) Cremades, 1990 accepted as Ulva clathrata (Roth) C.Agardh, 1811
Species Enteromorpha prolifera (O.F.Müller) J.Agardh, 1883 accepted as Ulva prolifera O.F.Müller, 1778
Species Enteromorpha torta (Mertens) Reinbold, 1893 accepted as Ulva torta (Mertens) Trevisan, 1842

Environment

marine

Original description

Not documented

Taxonomic citation

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). Enteromorpha Link, 1820. Accessed through: Sergeyeva, O. (2021) Black Sea checklist for Ocean-Ukraine & Sibema at: http://www.vliz.be/projects/ocean-ukraine/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=144294 on 2025-04-03

Regional species database citation

Sergeyeva, O. (2025). Black Sea checklist for Ocean-Ukraine & Sibema. Enteromorpha Link, 1820. Accessed at: https://www.vliz.be/projects/ocean-ukraine/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=144294 on 2025-04-03

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

Guiry, Michael D.

2006-11-21 08:22:44Z

changed

Vanden Berghe, Edward

2010-08-12 12:41:00Z

changed

Guiry, Michael D.

2012-07-04 13:40:04Z

changed

Guiry, Michael D.

[taxonomic tree]

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 Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. (2025). AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. searched on YYYY-MM-DD., available online at http://www.algaebase.org [details]

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]

source of synonymy Hayden, H. S.; Blomster, J.; Maggs, C. A.; Silva, P. C.; Stanhope, M. J.; Waaland, J. R. (2003). Linnaeus was right all along: Ulva and Enteromorpha are not distinct genera. European Journal of Phycology. 38(3): 277-294., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/1364253031000136321 [details]