AlgaeTraits - Enteromorpha Link, 1820

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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

Type taxon

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

Parent

Ulvaceae J.V. Lamouroux ex Dumortier, 1822

Direct children (15)

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Species Enteromorpha adriatica Bliding, 1960 accepted as Ulva croatica Alongi, Cormaci & Furnari, 2014
Species Enteromorpha aragoensis Bliding, 1963 accepted as Ulva aragoensis (Bliding) Maggs in Krupnik et al., 2018
Species Enteromorpha flexuosa (Wulfen) J.Agardh, 1883 accepted as Ulva flexuosa Wulfen, 1803
Species Enteromorpha jugoslavica Bliding, 1960 accepted as Ulva splitiana Alongi, Cormaci & Furnari, 2014
Species Enteromorpha linziformis Bliding, 1960 accepted as Ulva flexuosa var. linziformis Alongi, Cormaci & Furnari, 2014
Species Enteromorpha maeotica Proshkina-Lavrenko, 1945 accepted as Ulva maeotica (Proshkina-Lavrenko) P.M.Tsarenko, 2011
Species Enteromorpha multiramosa Bliding, 1960 accepted as Ulva polyclada Kraft, 2007
Species Enteromorpha bayonnensis P.J.L.Dangeard, 1962 (uncertain)
Species Enteromorpha coziana P.J.L.Dangeard, 1962 (uncertain)
Species Enteromorpha fasciculata P.Dangeard, 1949 (uncertain)
Species Enteromorpha hendayensis P.J.L.Dangeard & H.Parriaud, 1960 (uncertain)
Species Enteromorpha musciformis P.J.L.Dangeard, 1962 (uncertain)
Species Enteromorpha robertii-lamii H.Parriaud, 1961 (uncertain)
Species Enteromorpha sancti-joannis P.J.L.Dangeard, 1960 (uncertain)
Species Enteromorpha stipitata P.J.L.Dangeard, 1959 (uncertain)

Environment

marine

Original description

Not documented

Descriptive notes

LSID urn:lsid:algaebase.org:taxname:8417

LSID urn:lsid:algaebase.org:taxname:8417 [details]

Taxonomic citation

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). Enteromorpha Link, 1820. Accessed through: AlgaeTraits eds. (2025) AlgaeTraits: a trait database for (European) seaweeds at: https://algaetraits.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=144294 on 2025-09-13

Thematic species database citation

AlgaeTraits eds. (2025). AlgaeTraits: a trait database for (European) seaweeds. Enteromorpha Link, 1820. Accessed at: https://algaetraits.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=144294 on 2025-09-13

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]