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Ulva Linnaeus, 1753

144296  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:144296)

  1. Biota
  2. Plantae (Kingdom)
  3. Viridiplantae (Subkingdom)
  4. Chlorophyta (Phylum (Division))
  5. Chlorophytina (Subphylum (Subdivision))
  6. Ulvophyceae (Class)
  7. Ulvales (Order)
  8. Ulvaceae (Family)
  9. Ulva (Genus)
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Genus
Enteromorpha Link, 1820 · unaccepted (synonym, nom. et typ. cons.)

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  1. Species Ulva acanthophora (Kützing) H.S.Hayden, Blomster, Maggs, P.C.Silva, Stanhope & Waaland, 2003
  2. Species Ulva adhaerens Kaoru Matsumoto & S.Shimada, 2015
  3. Species Ulva ambigua De Candolle, 1815
  4. Species Ulva anandii Amjad & Shameel, 1993
  5. Species Ulva aragoensis (Bliding) Maggs in Krupnik et al., 2018
  6. Species Ulva arasakii Chihara, 1969
  7. Species Ulva arbuscula Lagourgue & Payri, 2022
  8. Species Ulva ardreana M.Cormaci, G.Furnari & G.Alongi, 2013
  9. Species Ulva atroviridis Levring, 1938
  10. Species Ulva aurantiaca Poiret, 1808
  11. Species Ulva australis Areschoug, 1854
  12. Species Ulva batuffolosa Lagourgue & Payri, 2022
  13. Species Ulva beytensis Thivy & Sharma, 1966
  14. Species Ulva biflagellata Bliding, 1944
  15. Species Ulva binalis Hassall
  16. Species Ulva blidingii Alongi, Cormaci & G.Furnari, 2014
  17. Species Ulva brevistipita V.J.Chapman, 1956
  18. Species Ulva brisbanensis L.G.Kraft, Kraft & R.F.Waller, 2010
  19. Species Ulva bulbosa Pasilot de Beauvois, 1805
  20. Species Ulva burmanica (Zeller) De Toni, 1889
  21. Species Ulva byssoides Mertens
  22. Species Ulva calendulifolia (S.G.Gmelin) J.F.Gmelin
  23. Species Ulva californica Wille, 1899
  24. Species Ulva caulescens J.V.Lamouroux
  25. Species Ulva ceranoides W.Withering
  26. Species Ulva chaetomorphoides (Børgesen) H.S.Hayden, Blomster, Maggs, P.C.Silva, Stanhope & Waaland, 2003
  27. Species Ulva chaugulii M.G.Kavale & M.A.Kazi, 2016
  28. Species Ulva cinerea Martens ex De Notaris
  29. Species Ulva clathrata (Roth) C.Agardh, 1811
  30. Species Ulva clathrus (Gmelin) Poiret
  31. Species Ulva coccinea Hudson, 1778
  32. Species Ulva compressa Linnaeus, 1753
  33. Species Ulva confervoides Thuillier, 1813
  34. Species Ulva conglobata Kjellman, 1897
  35. Species Ulva cornea Poiret
  36. Species Ulva cornuta Lightfoot, 1777
  37. Species Ulva costata Wollny, 1881
  38. Species Ulva covelongensis V.Krishnamurthy & H.Joshi, 1969
  39. Species Ulva crassa V.J.Chapman, 1956
  40. Species Ulva crassimembrana (V.J.Chapman) H.S.Hayden, Blomster, Maggs, P.C.Silva, Stanhope & Waaland, 2003
  41. Species Ulva cribrosa (J.Agardh) Bornet
  42. Species Ulva crispa P.J.L.Dangeard, 1959
  43. Species Ulva croatica Alongi, Cormaci & Furnari, 2014
  44. Species Ulva cruciata (Collins) A.C.Mathieson & Dawes, 2017
  45. Species Ulva cuneata Forsskål, 1775
  46. Species Ulva curvata (Kützing) De Toni, 1889
  47. Species Ulva damaeformis Roth
  48. Species Ulva dangeardii Gayral & Mazancourt, 1962
  49. Species Ulva denticulata P.J.L.Dangeard, 1959
  50. Species Ulva diaphana Hudson, 1778
  51. Species Ulva diluviana Schlotheim
  52. Species Ulva divisa Suhr
  53. Species Ulva elegans Gayral, 1962
  54. Species Ulva enteromorpha Le Jolis, 1863
  55. Species Ulva erecta (Lyngbye) Fries
  56. Species Ulva expansa (Setchell) Setchell & N.L.Gardner, 1920
  57. Species Ulva fasciculata A.P.de Candolle
  58. Species Ulva fenestrata Postels & Ruprecht, 1840
  59. Species Ulva fetida (D.Villars) J.P.E.Vaucher
  60. Species Ulva finissima Lagourgue & Payri, 2022
  61. Species Ulva flabelliformis Roth
  62. Species Ulva flabelliformis Wulfen
  63. Species Ulva flavescens Hudson, 1778
  64. Species Ulva flexuosa Wulfen, 1803
  65. Species Ulva foliacea Poiret
  66. Species Ulva fungosa (Desfontaines) Poiret
  67. Species Ulva gayralii Cauro
  68. Species Ulva gelatinosa Kützing, 1856
  69. Species Ulva geminoidea V.J.Chapman, 1956
  70. Species Ulva gigantea (Kützing) Bliding, 1969
  71. Species Ulva gracillima (G.S.West) Škaloud & Leliaert, 2018
  72. Species Ulva grandis Saifullah & Nizamuddin, 1977
  73. Species Ulva hookeriana (Kützing) H.S.Hayden, Blomster, Maggs, P.C.Silva, Stanhope & Waaland, 2003
  74. Species Ulva hopkirkii (M'Calla ex Harvey) P.Crouan & H.Crouan
  75. Species Ulva howensis (A.H.S.Lucas) Kraft, 2007
  76. Species Ulva iliohaha H.L.Spalding & A.R.Sherwood, 2016
  77. Species Ulva incurvata Parriaud, 1959
  78. Species Ulva indica Roth, 1806
  79. Species Ulva infundibuliformis Turra, 1780
  80. Species Ulva intestinalis Linnaeus, 1753
  81. Species Ulva intestinaloides (Koeman & Hoek) H.S.Hayden, Blomster, Maggs, P.C.Silva, Stanhope & Waaland, 2003
  82. Species Ulva intricata Thuillier, 1836
  83. Species Ulva involvens Savi
  84. Species Ulva javanica N.L.Burman, 1768
  85. Species Ulva kanagawae V.Carneiro, N.T.Martins & Cassano, 2023
  86. Species Ulva kylinii (Bliding) H.S.Hayden, Blomster, Maggs, P.C.Silva, Stanhope & Waaland, 2003
  87. Species Ulva lactuca Linnaeus, 1753
  88. Species Ulva lactucifolia S.F.Gray
  89. Species Ulva laingii V.J.Chapman, 1956
  90. Species Ulva lapathifolia (Kützing) De Toni
  91. Species Ulva leptophylla Arasaki
  92. Species Ulva limnetica K.Ichihara & S.Shimada, 2009
  93. Species Ulva linearis P.J.L.Dangeard, 1957
  94. Species Ulva linza Linnaeus, 1753
  95. Species Ulva linzoides Alongi, Cormaci & G.Furnari, 2014
  96. Species Ulva lippii Lamouroux
  97. Species Ulva litoralis Suhr ex Kützing
  98. Species Ulva littorea Suhr
  99. Species Ulva maculata Poiret
  100. Species Ulva maeotica (Proshkina-Lavrenko) P.M.Tsarenko, 2011
  101. Species Ulva marginata (J.Agardh) Le Jolis
  102. Species Ulva meridionalis R.Horimoto & S.Shimada, 2011
  103. Species Ulva merismopedioides H.C.Wood, 1871 †
  104. Species Ulva micrococca (Kützing) Gobi
  105. Species Ulva minima Vaucher
  106. Species Ulva multifida J.E.Smith, 1808
  107. Species Ulva myriotrema (Kg.)P.L.Crouan & H.M.Crouan, 1852
  108. Species Ulva nitens C.Agardh
  109. Species Ulva nitida Bertoloni, 1810
  110. Species Ulva ohiohilulu H.L.Spalding & A.R.Sherwood, 2016
  111. Species Ulva ohnoi Hiraoka & S.Shimada, 2004
  112. Species Ulva opuntia (Goodenough & Woodward) Poiret
  113. Species Ulva orbiculata (Thuret) Rabenhorst
  114. Species Ulva oryziformis Forsskål, 1775
  115. Species Ulva pacifica Endlicher, 1843
  116. Species Ulva papenfussii P.H.Hô, 1969
  117. Species Ulva paradoxa C.Agardh, 1817
  118. Species Ulva parva V.J.Chapman, 1956
  119. Species Ulva parvula Kützing, 1849
  120. Species Ulva paschima F.Bast, 2014
  121. Species Ulva patengensis Salam & Khan, 1981
  122. Species Ulva pennata Lagourgue & Payri, 2022
  123. Species Ulva phyllosa (V.J.Chapman) Papenfuss, 1960
  124. Species Ulva piritoka Ngāti Kuri, Heesch & W.A.Nelson, 2021
  125. Species Ulva pisiformis Hudson, 1778
  126. Species Ulva pisum (O.F.Müller) Loureiro, 1790
  127. Species Ulva planiramosa Lagourgue & Payri, 2022
  128. Species Ulva plicata O.F.Müller, 1780
  129. Species Ulva pluriramosa Lagourgue & Payri, 2022
  130. Species Ulva polyclada Kraft, 2007
  131. Species Ulva popenguinensis P.J.L.Dangeard, 1959
  132. Species Ulva porrifolia (S.G.Gmelin) J.F.Gmelin
  133. Species Ulva profunda W.R.Taylor, 1928
  134. Species Ulva prolifera O.F.Müller, 1778
  135. Species Ulva proliferoides L.G.Kraft, Kraft & R.F.Waller, 2010
  136. Species Ulva pseudocurvata Koeman & Hoek, 1981
  137. Species Ulva pseudolinza (Koeman & Hoek) H.S.Hayden, Blomster, Maggs, P.C.Silva, Stanhope & Waaland, 2003
  138. Species Ulva pseudorotundata M.Cormaci, G.Furnari & G.Alongi, 2014
  139. Species Ulva pulchra Jaasund, 1976
  140. Species Ulva quilonensis Sindhu & Panikkar, 1995
  141. Species Ulva radiata (J.Agardh) H.S.Hayden, Blomster, Maggs, P.C.Silva, Stanhope & Waaland, 2003
  142. Species Ulva ralfsii (Harvey) Le Jolis, 1863
  143. Species Ulva ranunculata Kraft & A.J.K.Millar, 2000
  144. Species Ulva recisa Poiret
  145. Species Ulva refracta 'J.E.Smith'
  146. Species Ulva repens Clemente, 1807
  147. Species Ulva reticulata Forsskål, 1775
  148. Species Ulva rhacodes (Holmes) Papenfuss, 1960
  149. Species Ulva rigida C.Agardh, 1823
  150. Species Ulva rivularis F.X.Wulfen
  151. Species Ulva rivularis Corda
  152. Species Ulva rotundata Bliding, 1968
  153. Species Ulva rupestris J.E.Smith
  154. Species Ulva sagarum (S.G.Gmelin) J.F.Gmelin
  155. Species Ulva saifullahii Amjad & Shameel, 1993
  156. Species Ulva schousboei Bornet, 1892
  157. Species Ulva scolopendra Lagougue & Payri, 2022
  158. Species Ulva serrata A.P.de Candolle
  159. Species Ulva siganiphyllia Lagourgue & Payri, 2022
  160. Species Ulva sorensenii V.J.Chapman, 1956
  161. Species Ulva spinulosa Okamura & Segawa, 1936
  162. Species Ulva splitiana Alongi, Cormaci & Furnari, 2014
  163. Species Ulva sporadica Miliarakis
  164. Species Ulva spumosa Lagourgue & Payri, 2022
  165. Species Ulva squamaria (S.G.Gmelin) Woodward, 1797
  166. Species Ulva squarrosa (G.C.Oeder) J.E.Gunnerus
  167. Species Ulva stenophylla Setchell & N.L.Gardner, 1920
  168. Species Ulva stenophylloides L.G.Kraft, Kraft & R.F.Waller, 2010
  169. Species Ulva sublitoralis Segawa
  170. Species Ulva sublittoralis Segawa, 1938
  171. Species Ulva subulata (Wulfen) Naccari
  172. Species Ulva taeniata (Setchell) Setchell & N.L.Gardner, 1920
  173. Species Ulva tanneri H.S.Hayden & Waaland, 2003
  174. Species Ulva tentaculosa Lagourgue & Payri, 2022
  175. Species Ulva tepida Masakiyo & S.Shimada, 2014
  176. Species Ulva tesellata J.D.Hooker & Harvey
  177. Species Ulva tetragona A.P.de Candolle, 1807
  178. Species Ulva torta (Mertens) Trevisan, 1842
  179. Species Ulva tremelloides (Bertoloni) Pollini
  180. Species Ulva trichophylla Kützing
  181. Species Ulva tuberosa Palisot de Beauvois
  182. Species Ulva turbinata Pollini
  183. Species Ulva ulvella H.Davies
  184. Species Ulva uncialis (Kützing) Montagne, 1850
  185. Species Ulva uncinata Mohr
  186. Species Ulva uncinata Mertens
  187. Species Ulva undulata Raddi
  188. Species Ulva undulata Turra, 1780
  189. Species Ulva usneoides Bonnemaison
  190. Species Ulva utricularis (Roth) C.Agardh
  191. Species Ulva utriculata Poiret, 1817
  192. Species Ulva utriculosa C.Agardh
  193. Species Ulva uvoides Bory de Saint-Vincent
  194. Species Ulva vermicularis Roth, 1788
  195. Species Ulva vietnamensis L.-A.T.Tran, Leliaert & De Clerck, 2022
  196. Species Ulva vinosa Gouan
  197. Species Ulva viridis Forssk.
  198. Species Ulva woodwartii Poiret
  199. Species Ulva bifrons Ardré, 1967 accepted as Ulva ardreana M.Cormaci, G.Furnari & G.Alongi, 2013
  200. Species Ulva cornucopiae (Kützing) J.Agardh accepted as Ulva curvata (Kützing) De Toni, 1889
  201. Species Ulva fasciata Delile, 1813 accepted as Ulva lactuca Linnaeus, 1753 (synonym)
  202. Species Ulva laetevirens J.E.Areschoug, 1854 accepted as Ulva australis Areschoug, 1854
  203. Species Ulva lobata (Kützing) Harvey, 1855 accepted as Ulva lactuca Linnaeus, 1753
  204. Species Ulva mediterranea Alongi, Cormaci & G.Furnari, 2014 accepted as Ulva aragoensis (Bliding) Maggs in Krupnik et al., 2018
  205. Species Ulva neapolitana Bliding, 1960 accepted as Ulva blidingii Alongi, Cormaci & G.Furnari, 2014
  206. Species Ulva nematoidea Bory de Saint-Vincent, 1828 accepted as Ulva lactuca Linnaeus, 1753
  207. Species Ulva percursa (C.Agardh) C.Agardh, 1823 accepted as Percursaria percursa (C.Agardh) Rosenvinge, 1893
  208. Species Ulva pertusa Kjellman, 1897 accepted as Ulva australis Areschoug, 1854
  209. Species Ulva simplex (K.L.Vinogradova) H.S.Hayden, Blomster, Maggs, P.C.Silva, Stanhope & Waaland, 2003 accepted as Ulva prolifera O.F.Müller, 1778
  210. Species Ulva tenera Kornmann & Sahling, 1994 accepted as Ulva lactuca Linnaeus, 1753
  211. Species Ulva ventricosa A.P.de Candolle, 1807 accepted as Ulva enteromorpha f. ventricosa (A.P.de Candolle) Le Jolis
  212. Species Ulva attenuata (C.Agardh) Naccari, 1828 (uncertain)
  213. Species Ulva mesenteriformis Roth, 1795 (uncertain)
  214. Species Ulva ocellata (J.V.Lamouroux) De Candolle, 1805 (uncertain)
marine, brackish, fresh
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. Vol 1. Salvius, Stockholm., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/358012 [details] 
Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. (2024). AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway (taxonomic information republished from AlgaeBase with permission of M.D. Guiry). Ulva Linnaeus, 1753. Accessed through: Marine Species Traits editorial board (2024) Marine Species Traits at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits./aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=144296 on 2025-03-07
Marine Species Traits editorial board (2025). Marine Species Traits. Ulva Linnaeus, 1753. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=144296 on 2025-03-07
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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. Vol 1. Salvius, Stockholm., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/358012 [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. (2024). 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] 
 
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Published in AlgaeBase Logo AlgaeBase (from synonym Enteromorpha Link, 1820)
Published in AlgaeBase Logo AlgaeBase 
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) 
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Enteromorpha Link, 1820)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Ulva) 
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 0 proteins) (from synonym Enteromorpha Link, 1820)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Enteromorpha and Cladophora 1g.JPG) (from synonym Enteromorpha Link, 1820)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Enteromorpha and Cladophora 1h.JPG) (from synonym Enteromorpha Link, 1820)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Ulva 64532.JPG) 
To ITIS
Unreviewed
Ulva sp.
Ulva sp.
Enteromorpha sp.
Enteromorpha sp.
Image from synonym
Ulva lactuca Linnaeus, 1753
Ulva lactuca Linnaeus, 1753
Image from typetaxon
Ulva
Ulva
Ulva
Ulva
Ulva
Ulva
Ulva lactuca
Ulva lactuca
Image from typetaxon
Ulva, Fig.1
Ulva, Fig.1
To NMNH Extant Collection (Enteromorpha and Cladophora 1g.JPG)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Enteromorpha and Cladophora 1g.JPG)
Hosted externally, from synonym
To NMNH Extant Collection (Enteromorpha and Cladophora 1h.JPG)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Enteromorpha and Cladophora 1h.JPG)
Hosted externally, from synonym
To NMNH Extant Collection (Ulva 64532.JPG)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Ulva 64532.JPG)
Hosted externally
To NMNH Extant Collection (Ulva 64532b.JPG)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Ulva 64532b.JPG)
Hosted externally

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