WoRMS taxon details
Valonia C.Agardh, 1823
Physidrum Rafinesque, 1810 · unaccepted
Ventricaria J.L.Olsen & J.A.West, 1988 · unaccepted (synonym)
- Species Valonia aegagropila C.Agardh, 1823
- Species Valonia barbadensis W.R.Taylor, 1969
- Species Valonia caespitosa P.L.Crouan & H.M.Crouan
- Species Valonia clavata Ardissone
- Species Valonia confertoides
- Species Valonia confervacea Zanardini
- Species Valonia fastigiata Harvey ex J.Agardh, 1887
- Species Valonia incrustans Kützing
- Species Valonia macrophysa Kützing, 1843
- Species Valonia nutrix (Kraft & A.J.K.Millar) Kraft, 2007
- Species Valonia oblongata J.Agardh, 1887
- Species Valonia opuntoides Zanardini
- Species Valonia rhizophora Piccone & Grunow
- Species Valonia tenuis P.L.Crouan & H.M.Crouan
- Species Valonia tenuissima Frauenfeld
- Species Valonia trabeculata Egerod, 1952
- Species Valonia utricularis (Roth) C.Agardh, 1823
- Species Valonia ventricosa J.Agardh, 1887
- Species Valonia caespitula Zanardini, 1843 accepted as Valonia utricularis (Roth) C.Agardh, 1823
- Species Valonia chlorocladus Hauck, 1886 accepted as Siphonocladus tropicus (P.Crouan & H.Crouan) J.Agardh, 1887 (synonym)
- Species Valonia cladophora Kützing, 1863 accepted as Cladophora mamillata Leliaert, 2005 (synonym)
- Species Valonia confervoides Harvey ex J.Agardh, 1887 accepted as Valoniopsis pachynema (G.Martens) Børgesen, 1934 (synonym)
- Species Valonia favulosa C.Agardh, 1823 accepted as Dictyosphaeria cavernosa (Forsskål) Børgesen, 1932 (synonym)
- Species Valonia filiformis Dickie, 1874 accepted as Siphonocladus filiformis (Dickie) De Toni, 1889 (synonym)
- Species Valonia forbesii Harvey, 1860 accepted as Boergesenia forbesii (Harvey) Feldmann, 1938 (synonym)
- Species Valonia intricata (Clemente) C.Agardh, 1823 accepted as Ascothamnion intricatum (Clemente) Kützing, 1849 accepted as Ulva intricata Clemente, 1807 (synonym)
- Species Valonia ocellata M.Howe, 1920 accepted as Dictyosphaeria ocellata (M.Howe) J.L.Olsen, 1985 (synonym)
- Species Valonia ovalis C.Agardh accepted as Halicystis ovalis (Lyngbye) J.E.Areschoug, 1850 accepted as Derbesia marina (Lyngbye) Solier, 1846 (synonym)
- Species Valonia pachynema (G.Martens) Weber-van Bosse, 1913 accepted as Valoniopsis pachynema (G.Martens) Børgesen, 1934 (synonym)
- Species Valonia pusilla C.Agardh ex Kützing, 1845 accepted as Siphonocladus pusillus (C.Agardh ex Kützing) Hauck, 1884 (synonym)
- Species Valonia savignyana Audouin, 1826 accepted as Valonia aegagropila C.Agardh, 1823
- Species Valonia uvaria Kützing, 1845 accepted as Valonia macrophysa Kützing, 1843 (synonym)
- Species Valonia verticillata Kützing, 1847 accepted as Ernodesmis verticillata (Kützing) Børgesen, 1912 (synonym)
- Species Valonia inconstans Kützing (uncertain)
- Species Valonia pisum Bompard, 1867 (uncertain)
- Species Valonia subverticillata P.L.Crouan & H.M.Crouan (uncertain)
- Species Valonia syphunculus Bertoloni, 1833 (uncertain, uncertain taxonomic status subjected to verification)
marine
Not documented
LSID urn:lsid:algaebase.org:taxname:8215
LSID urn:lsid:algaebase.org:taxname:8215 [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). Valonia C.Agardh, 1823. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=144267 on 2025-06-02
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Nomenclature
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
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 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]




From editor or global species database
LSID urn:lsid:algaebase.org:taxname:8215 [details]Unreviewed
Habitat Known from seamounts and knolls [details]
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Japanese | バロニア属オオバロニア属 [from synonym] | [details] |
Published in AlgaeBase
Published in AlgaeBase
(from synonym Ventricaria J.L.Olsen & J.A.West, 1988)
Published in AlgaeBase
(from synonym Physidrum Rafinesque, 1810)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Ventricaria J.L.Olsen & J.A.West, 1988)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Valonia)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Ventricaria) (from synonym Ventricaria J.L.Olsen & J.A.West, 1988)
To Genbank
To Genbank (from synonym Ventricaria J.L.Olsen & J.A.West, 1988)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Valonia plus epi 1a.JPG)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Valonia plus epi 1b.JPG)
To ITIS

Published in AlgaeBase

Published in AlgaeBase

To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Ventricaria J.L.Olsen & J.A.West, 1988)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Valonia)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Ventricaria) (from synonym Ventricaria J.L.Olsen & J.A.West, 1988)
To Genbank
To Genbank (from synonym Ventricaria J.L.Olsen & J.A.West, 1988)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Valonia plus epi 1a.JPG)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Valonia plus epi 1b.JPG)
To ITIS