WoRMS taxon details
Sphacelaria rigidula Kützing, 1843
145902 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:145902)
accepted
Species
Sphacelaria apicalis Takamatsu, 1943 · unaccepted
Sphacelaria caespitosa Takamatsu, 1943 · unaccepted
Sphacelaria divaricata Montagne, 1849 · unaccepted
Sphacelaria expansa Noda, 1969 · unaccepted
Sphacelaria furcigera Kützing, 1855 · unaccepted
Sphacelaria furcigera f. tenuis Yamada, 1941 · unaccepted
Sphacelaria iridaeophytica Nagai, 1932 · unaccepted
Sphacelaria iwagaskensis Noda, 1970 · unaccepted
Sphacelaria linearis Takamatsu, 1943 · unaccepted
Sphacelaria tenuis Takamatsu, 1943 · unaccepted
Sphacelaria variabilis Sauvageau, 1901 · unaccepted
marine
Kützing, F. T. (1843). Phycologia generalis oder Anatomie, Physiologie und Systemkunde der Tange. Mit 80 farbig gedruckten Tafeln, gezeichnet und gravirt vom Verfasser. pp. [part 1]: [i]-xxxii, [1]-142, [part 2:] 143-458, 1, err.], pls 1-80. Leipzig: F.A. Brockhaus. [details]
LSID urn:lsid:algaebase.org:taxname:77184
Distribution Long Island Sound, Gulf of Maine to Scotian coast, Gulf of St. Lawrence to Newfoundland
LSID urn:lsid:algaebase.org:taxname:77184 [details]
Distribution Long Island Sound, Gulf of Maine to Scotian coast, Gulf of St. Lawrence to Newfoundland
Distribution Long Island Sound, Gulf of Maine to Scotian coast, Gulf of St. Lawrence to Newfoundland [details]
Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. (2025). AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway (taxonomic information republished from AlgaeBase with permission of M.D. Guiry). Sphacelaria rigidula Kützing, 1843. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=145902 on 2025-04-07
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Nomenclature
original description
Kützing, F. T. (1843). Phycologia generalis oder Anatomie, Physiologie und Systemkunde der Tange. Mit 80 farbig gedruckten Tafeln, gezeichnet und gravirt vom Verfasser. pp. [part 1]: [i]-xxxii, [1]-142, [part 2:] 143-458, 1, err.], pls 1-80. Leipzig: F.A. Brockhaus. [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]
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]
Other
context source (HKRMS)
Skene, A. & Lee, K. Y. (1990). A survey of marine algae from the eastern and southern coastal waters of Hong Kong, with special reference to coral-associated taxa. In: Proceedings of the Second International Marine Biological Workshop: The Marine Flora and Fauna of Hong Kong and Southern China (ed. Morton, B.). The Marine flora and fauna of Hong Kong and southern china II, vol. 2, pp707-716. Hong Kong University Press, Hong Kong. [details]
context source (Bermuda) Schneider, C. W. (2003). An annotated checklist and bibliography of the marine macroalgae of the Bermuda Islands. Nova Hedwigia, 76(3-4): 275-361 [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 South, G. R.;Tittley, I. (1986). A checklist and distributional index of the benthic marine algae of the North Atlantic Ocean. <em>untsman Marine Laboratory. St. Andrews, New Brunswick.</em> 1-76. [details]
additional source Fredericq, S., T. O. Cho, S. A. Earle, C. F. Gurgel, D. M. Krayesky, L. E. Mateo-Cid, A. C. Mendoza-González, J. N. Norris, and A. M. Suárez. 2009. Seaweeds of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 187–259 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. I. Biodiversity, pp. 187-259. Texas A&M Univ. Press. [details]
additional source Broady, P.A.; Flint, E.A.; Nelson, W.A.; Cassie Cooper, V.; De Winton, M.D.; Novis, P.M. (2012). Phylum Chlorophyta and Charophyta: green algae, in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2012). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 3. Kingdoms Bacteria, Protozoa, Chromista, Plantae, Fungi. pp. 347-381. [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 [details]
additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]
context source (Bermuda) Schneider, C. W. (2003). An annotated checklist and bibliography of the marine macroalgae of the Bermuda Islands. Nova Hedwigia, 76(3-4): 275-361 [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 South, G. R.;Tittley, I. (1986). A checklist and distributional index of the benthic marine algae of the North Atlantic Ocean. <em>untsman Marine Laboratory. St. Andrews, New Brunswick.</em> 1-76. [details]
additional source Fredericq, S., T. O. Cho, S. A. Earle, C. F. Gurgel, D. M. Krayesky, L. E. Mateo-Cid, A. C. Mendoza-González, J. N. Norris, and A. M. Suárez. 2009. Seaweeds of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 187–259 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. I. Biodiversity, pp. 187-259. Texas A&M Univ. Press. [details]
additional source Broady, P.A.; Flint, E.A.; Nelson, W.A.; Cassie Cooper, V.; De Winton, M.D.; Novis, P.M. (2012). Phylum Chlorophyta and Charophyta: green algae, in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2012). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 3. Kingdoms Bacteria, Protozoa, Chromista, Plantae, Fungi. pp. 347-381. [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 [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
From editor or global species database
LSID urn:lsid:algaebase.org:taxname:77184 [details]Unreviewed
Diet photosynthetic [details]Dimensions tufts to 2 cm high [details]
Distribution Long Island Sound, Gulf of Maine to Scotian coast, Gulf of St. Lawrence to Newfoundland [details]
Habitat tide pools or shallow sublittoral on shells, stones or coarse algae [details]
Morphology Brown colour results from the dominance of the xanthophyll fucoxanthin; this masks the other pigments, Chlorophyll a and c (no chlorophyll b), beta-carotene and other xanthophylls. [details]
Reproduction general for group: most brown algae have an alternation of haploid and dioploid generations; The haploid thalli form isogamous, anisogamous or oogamous gametes and the diploid thalli form zoospores by meiosis. [details]
Published in AlgaeBase 
Published in AlgaeBase (from synonym Sphacelaria furcigera Kützing, 1855)
Published in AlgaeBase (from synonym Sphacelaria divaricata Montagne, 1849)
Published in AlgaeBase (from synonym Sphacelaria expansa Noda, 1969)
Published in AlgaeBase (from synonym Sphacelaria iridaeophytica Nagai, 1932)
Published in AlgaeBase (from synonym Sphacelaria iwagaskensis Noda, 1970)
Published in AlgaeBase (from synonym Sphacelaria linearis Takamatsu, 1943)
Published in AlgaeBase (from synonym Sphacelaria tenuis Takamatsu, 1943)
Published in AlgaeBase (from synonym Sphacelaria caespitosa Takamatsu, 1943)
Published in AlgaeBase (from synonym Sphacelaria variabilis Sauvageau, 1901)
Published in AlgaeBase (from synonym Sphacelaria apicalis Takamatsu, 1943)
Published in AlgaeBase (from synonym Sphacelaria furcigera f. tenuis Yamada, 1941)
To Barcode of Life (from synonym Sphacelaria divaricata Montagne, 1849)
To Barcode of Life
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Sphacelaria caespitosa Takamatsu, 1943)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (17 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Sphacelaria divaricata Montagne, 1849)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Sphacelaria variabilis Sauvageau, 1901)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (65 publications) (from synonym Sphacelaria furcigera Kützing, 1855)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Sphacelaria tenuis Takamatsu, 1943)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Sphacelaria divaricata Montagne, 1849)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To Dyntaxa
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Sphacelaria divaricata) (from synonym Sphacelaria divaricata Montagne, 1849)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Sphacelaria furcigera) (from synonym Sphacelaria furcigera Kützing, 1855)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Sphacelaria rigidula)
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 0 proteins) (from synonym Sphacelaria furcigera Kützing, 1855)
To GenBank (49 nucleotides; 8 proteins)
To GenBank (6 nucleotides; 5 proteins) (from synonym Sphacelaria divaricata Montagne, 1849)
To PESI (from synonym Sphacelaria furcigera Kützing, 1855)
To PESI
To ITIS
Published in AlgaeBase
(from synonym Sphacelaria furcigera Kützing, 1855)Published in AlgaeBase
(from synonym Sphacelaria divaricata Montagne, 1849)Published in AlgaeBase
(from synonym Sphacelaria expansa Noda, 1969)Published in AlgaeBase
(from synonym Sphacelaria iridaeophytica Nagai, 1932)Published in AlgaeBase
(from synonym Sphacelaria iwagaskensis Noda, 1970)Published in AlgaeBase
(from synonym Sphacelaria linearis Takamatsu, 1943)Published in AlgaeBase
(from synonym Sphacelaria tenuis Takamatsu, 1943)Published in AlgaeBase
(from synonym Sphacelaria caespitosa Takamatsu, 1943)Published in AlgaeBase
(from synonym Sphacelaria variabilis Sauvageau, 1901)Published in AlgaeBase
(from synonym Sphacelaria apicalis Takamatsu, 1943)Published in AlgaeBase
(from synonym Sphacelaria furcigera f. tenuis Yamada, 1941)To Barcode of Life (from synonym Sphacelaria divaricata Montagne, 1849)
To Barcode of Life
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Sphacelaria caespitosa Takamatsu, 1943)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (17 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Sphacelaria divaricata Montagne, 1849)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Sphacelaria variabilis Sauvageau, 1901)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (65 publications) (from synonym Sphacelaria furcigera Kützing, 1855)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Sphacelaria tenuis Takamatsu, 1943)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Sphacelaria divaricata Montagne, 1849)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To Dyntaxa
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Sphacelaria divaricata) (from synonym Sphacelaria divaricata Montagne, 1849)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Sphacelaria furcigera) (from synonym Sphacelaria furcigera Kützing, 1855)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Sphacelaria rigidula)
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 0 proteins) (from synonym Sphacelaria furcigera Kützing, 1855)
To GenBank (49 nucleotides; 8 proteins)
To GenBank (6 nucleotides; 5 proteins) (from synonym Sphacelaria divaricata Montagne, 1849)
To PESI (from synonym Sphacelaria furcigera Kützing, 1855)
To PESI
To ITIS
