WoRMS taxon details
Spyridia filamentosa (Wulfen) Harvey, 1833
144706 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:144706)
accepted
Species
Ceramium filamentosum (Wulfen) C.Agardh, 1828 · unaccepted
Fucus filamentosus Wulfen, 1803 · unaccepted
Hutchinsia filamentosa (Wulfen) C.Agardh, 1824 · unaccepted
Polysiphonia filamentosa (Wulfen) Sprengel, 1827 · unaccepted (synonym)
Spyridia biannulata J.Agardh, 1876 · unaccepted (synonym)
Spyridia breviarticulata J.Agardh, 1876 · unaccepted (synonym)
Spyridia confervoides Zanardini, 1851 · unaccepted (synonym)
Spyridia filamentosa var. arbuscula Sonder, 1855 · unaccepted (synonym)
Spyridia spinella Sonder, 1845 · unaccepted
Spyridia villosiuscula Kützing, 1847 · unaccepted
Spyridia vilosissima Zanardini, 1851 · unaccepted (synonym)
- Variety Spyridia filamentosa var. refracta Harvey, 1853
- Variety Spyridia filamentosa var. arbuscula Sonder, 1855 accepted as Spyridia filamentosa (Wulfen) Harvey, 1833 (synonym)
- Variety Spyridia filamentosa var. griffithsiana (J.E.Smith) J.Agardh, 1851 accepted as Spyridia griffithsiana (J.E.Smith) Zuccarello, Prud'homme & H.Stegenga, 2004 (synonym)
- Variety Spyridia filamentosa var. tasmanica Kützing, 1849 accepted as Spyridia tasmanica (Kützing) J.Agardh, 1852
- Variety Spyridia filamentosa var. verticillata Harvey, 1844 accepted as Spyridia tasmanica (Kützing) J.Agardh, 1852 (synonym)
- Variety Spyridia filamentosa var. cuspidata (Kützing) Grunow, 1873 (uncertain, uncertain taxonomic status subjected to verification)
- Variety Spyridia filamentosa var. villosa (Kützing) Crouan & Crouan, 1878 (uncertain, uncertain taxonomic status subjected to verification)
marine
Not documented
LSID urn:lsid:algaebase.org:taxname:77036
Distribution Long Island Sound o the northern Cape Cod region, and the Scotian Shelf
LSID urn:lsid:algaebase.org:taxname:77036 [details]
Distribution Long Island Sound o the northern Cape Cod region, and the Scotian Shelf
Distribution Long Island Sound o the northern Cape Cod region, and the Scotian Shelf [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). Spyridia filamentosa (Wulfen) Harvey, 1833. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=144706 on 2025-04-03
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Spyridia vilosissima Zanardini, 1851) Zanardini, G. (1851). Algae novae vel minus cognitae in mari Rubro a Portiero collectae. <em>Flora.</em> 34: 33-38. [details] 
original description (of Spyridia breviarticulata J.Agardh, 1876) Agardh, J. G. (1876). Species genera et ordines algarum, seu descriptiones succinctae specierum, generum et ordinum, quibus algarum regnum constituitur. Volumen tertium: De Florideis curae posteriores. Epicrisis systematis Floridearum. <em>Lipsiae [Leipzig]: apud T.O. Weigel.</em> pp. [ii*-iii*], [i]-[viï], [1]-724. [details]
original description (of Spyridia confervoides Zanardini, 1851) Zanardini, G. (1851). Algae novae vel minus cognitae in mari Rubro a Portiero collectae. <em>Flora.</em> 34: 33-38. [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]
original description (of Spyridia breviarticulata J.Agardh, 1876) Agardh, J. G. (1876). Species genera et ordines algarum, seu descriptiones succinctae specierum, generum et ordinum, quibus algarum regnum constituitur. Volumen tertium: De Florideis curae posteriores. Epicrisis systematis Floridearum. <em>Lipsiae [Leipzig]: apud T.O. Weigel.</em> pp. [ii*-iii*], [i]-[viï], [1]-724. [details]
original description (of Spyridia confervoides Zanardini, 1851) Zanardini, G. (1851). Algae novae vel minus cognitae in mari Rubro a Portiero collectae. <em>Flora.</em> 34: 33-38. [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)
Tseng, C.K., Chang, C. F., Xia, E. Z. & Xia, B. M. (1982). Studies on some marine red algae from Hong Kong. In: Proceedings of the first international marine biological workshop: The marine flora and fauna of Hong Kong and southern China (ed. Morton, B.), vol. 1, pp57-84. 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 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 Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
[request]
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 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 Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
[request]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:77036 [details]Unreviewed
Authority (Wulfen) Harvey in W.J. Hooker, 1833 [details]Authority Authority given as (Wulf.) Harv. By Isaac, 1967 <309>. [details]
Distribution Long Island Sound o the northern Cape Cod region, and the Scotian Shelf [details]
Morphology Red colour results from the dominance of the pigments phycoerythrin and phycocyanin; this masks the other pigments, chlorophyll a (no chlorophyll b), beta-caratene and a number of unique xanthophylls. [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Japanese | ウブゲグサ | [details] |
Published in AlgaeBase 
Published in AlgaeBase (from synonym Fucus filamentosus Wulfen, 1803)
Published in AlgaeBase (from synonym Ceramium filamentosum (Wulfen) C.Agardh, 1828)
Published in AlgaeBase (from synonym Spyridia spinella Sonder, 1845)
Published in AlgaeBase (from synonym Hutchinsia filamentosa (Wulfen) C.Agardh, 1824)
Published in AlgaeBase (from synonym Spyridia vilosissima Zanardini, 1851)
Published in AlgaeBase (from synonym Spyridia confervoides Zanardini, 1851)
Published in AlgaeBase (from synonym Spyridia breviarticulata J.Agardh, 1876)
Published in AlgaeBase (from synonym Spyridia biannulata J.Agardh, 1876)
Published in AlgaeBase (from synonym Polysiphonia filamentosa (Wulfen) Sprengel, 1827)
Published in AlgaeBase (from synonym Spyridia filamentosa var. arbuscula Sonder, 1855)
Published in AlgaeBase (from synonym Spyridia villosiuscula Kützing, 1847)
To Barcode of Life (12 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications) (from synonym Hutchinsia filamentosa (Wulfen) C.Agardh, 1824)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (20 publications) (from synonym Ceramium filamentosum (Wulfen) C.Agardh, 1828)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (221 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (28 publications) (from synonym Fucus filamentosus Wulfen, 1803)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Spyridia spinella Sonder, 1845)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Spyridia filamentosa)
To GenBank (312 nucleotides; 609 proteins)
To GenBank (312 nucleotides; 609 proteins) (from synonym Fucus filamentosus Wulfen, 1803)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Spyridia filamentosa 2.JPG)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Spyridia filamentosa.JPG)
To PESI
To ITIS
Published in AlgaeBase
(from synonym Fucus filamentosus Wulfen, 1803)Published in AlgaeBase
(from synonym Ceramium filamentosum (Wulfen) C.Agardh, 1828)Published in AlgaeBase
(from synonym Spyridia spinella Sonder, 1845)Published in AlgaeBase
(from synonym Hutchinsia filamentosa (Wulfen) C.Agardh, 1824)Published in AlgaeBase
(from synonym Spyridia vilosissima Zanardini, 1851)Published in AlgaeBase
(from synonym Spyridia confervoides Zanardini, 1851)Published in AlgaeBase
(from synonym Spyridia breviarticulata J.Agardh, 1876)Published in AlgaeBase
(from synonym Spyridia biannulata J.Agardh, 1876)Published in AlgaeBase
(from synonym Polysiphonia filamentosa (Wulfen) Sprengel, 1827)Published in AlgaeBase
(from synonym Spyridia filamentosa var. arbuscula Sonder, 1855)Published in AlgaeBase
(from synonym Spyridia villosiuscula Kützing, 1847)To Barcode of Life (12 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications) (from synonym Hutchinsia filamentosa (Wulfen) C.Agardh, 1824)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (20 publications) (from synonym Ceramium filamentosum (Wulfen) C.Agardh, 1828)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (221 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (28 publications) (from synonym Fucus filamentosus Wulfen, 1803)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Spyridia spinella Sonder, 1845)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Spyridia filamentosa)
To GenBank (312 nucleotides; 609 proteins)
To GenBank (312 nucleotides; 609 proteins) (from synonym Fucus filamentosus Wulfen, 1803)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Spyridia filamentosa 2.JPG)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Spyridia filamentosa.JPG)
To PESI
To ITIS
