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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)
accepted
Genus
Enteromorpha Link, 1820 · unaccepted (synonym, nom. et typ. cons.)

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  1. Species Ulva aragoensis (Bliding) Maggs in Krupnik et al., 2018
  2. Species Ulva ardreana M.Cormaci, G.Furnari & G.Alongi, 2013
  3. Species Ulva australis Areschoug, 1854
  4. Species Ulva blidingii Alongi, Cormaci & G.Furnari, 2014
  5. Species Ulva californica Wille, 1899
  6. Species Ulva chaetomorphoides (Børgesen) H.S.Hayden, Blomster, Maggs, P.C.Silva, Stanhope & Waaland, 2003
  7. Species Ulva clathrata (Roth) C.Agardh, 1811
  8. Species Ulva compressa Linnaeus, 1753
  9. Species Ulva croatica Alongi, Cormaci & Furnari, 2014
  10. Species Ulva curvata (Kützing) De Toni, 1889
  11. Species Ulva fenestrata Postels & Ruprecht, 1840
  12. Species Ulva flexuosa Wulfen, 1803
  13. Species Ulva gigantea (Kützing) Bliding, 1969
  14. Species Ulva intestinalis Linnaeus, 1753
  15. Species Ulva intestinaloides (Koeman & Hoek) H.S.Hayden, Blomster, Maggs, P.C.Silva, Stanhope & Waaland, 2003
  16. Species Ulva kylinii (Bliding) H.S.Hayden, Blomster, Maggs, P.C.Silva, Stanhope & Waaland, 2003
  17. Species Ulva lactuca Linnaeus, 1753
  18. Species Ulva linearis P.J.L.Dangeard, 1957
  19. Species Ulva linza Linnaeus, 1753
  20. Species Ulva maeotica (Proshkina-Lavrenko) P.M.Tsarenko, 2011
  21. Species Ulva polyclada Kraft, 2007
  22. Species Ulva prolifera O.F.Müller, 1778
  23. Species Ulva pseudocurvata Koeman & Hoek, 1981
  24. Species Ulva pseudolinza (Koeman & Hoek) H.S.Hayden, Blomster, Maggs, P.C.Silva, Stanhope & Waaland, 2003
  25. Species Ulva radiata (J.Agardh) H.S.Hayden, Blomster, Maggs, P.C.Silva, Stanhope & Waaland, 2003
  26. Species Ulva ralfsii (Harvey) Le Jolis, 1863
  27. Species Ulva rhacodes (Holmes) Papenfuss, 1960
  28. Species Ulva rigida C.Agardh, 1823
  29. Species Ulva rotundata Bliding, 1968
  30. Species Ulva splitiana Alongi, Cormaci & Furnari, 2014
  31. Species Ulva torta (Mertens) Trevisan, 1842
  32. Species Ulva uvoides Bory de Saint-Vincent
  33. Species Ulva bifrons Ardré, 1967 accepted as Ulva ardreana M.Cormaci, G.Furnari & G.Alongi, 2013
  34. Species Ulva fasciata Delile, 1813 accepted as Ulva lactuca Linnaeus, 1753 (synonym)
  35. Species Ulva laetevirens J.E.Areschoug, 1854 accepted as Ulva australis Areschoug, 1854
  36. Species Ulva mediterranea Alongi, Cormaci & G.Furnari, 2014 accepted as Ulva aragoensis (Bliding) Maggs in Krupnik et al., 2018
  37. Species Ulva neapolitana Bliding, 1960 accepted as Ulva blidingii Alongi, Cormaci & G.Furnari, 2014
  38. Species Ulva percursa (C.Agardh) C.Agardh, 1823 accepted as Percursaria percursa (C.Agardh) Rosenvinge, 1893
  39. 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
  40. Species Ulva tenera Kornmann & Sahling, 1994 accepted as Ulva lactuca Linnaeus, 1753
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] 
LSID urn:lsid:algaebase.org:taxname:8416  
LSID urn:lsid:algaebase.org:taxname:8416 [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). Ulva Linnaeus, 1753. Accessed through: AlgaeTraits eds. (2025) AlgaeTraits: a trait database for (European) seaweeds at: https://algaetraits.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=144296 on 2025-07-08
AlgaeTraits eds. (2025). AlgaeTraits: a trait database for (European) seaweeds. Ulva Linnaeus, 1753. Accessed at: https://algaetraits.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=144296 on 2025-07-08
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Guiry, Michael D.

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. (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] 
 
 Present  Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

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LSID urn:lsid:algaebase.org:taxname:8416 [details]

Unreviewed
Habitat Known from seamounts and knolls [details]

Remark Nom. Cons. [details]
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LanguageName 
Dutch enteromorfa [from synonym]darmwier [from synonym]  [details]
English green lavergrass kelp [from synonym]  [details]
French laitue de mer  [details]
German Meersalat  [details]
Japanese アオノリ属 [from synonym]アオサ属  [details]
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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