WoRMS taxon details
Gomontia polyrhiza (Lagerheim) Bornet & Flahault, 1888
144903 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:144903)
accepted
Species
Codiolum polyrhizum Lagerheim, 1886 · unaccepted (synonym)
Gomontia bornetii Setchell & N.L.Gardner, 1920 · unaccepted (synonym)
Gomontia caudata Setchell & N.L.Gardner, 1920 · unaccepted (synonym)
Gomontia habrorhiza Setchell & N.L.Gardner, 1920 · unaccepted (synonym)
Gomontia manxiana Chodat, 1897 · unaccepted (synonym)
marine
Not documented
LSID urn:lsid:algaebase.org:taxname:77311
Distribution Long Island Sound to Strait of Belle Isle
LSID urn:lsid:algaebase.org:taxname:77311 [details]
Distribution Long Island Sound to Strait of Belle Isle
Distribution Long Island Sound to Strait of Belle Isle [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). Gomontia polyrhiza (Lagerheim) Bornet & Flahault, 1888. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=144903 on 2025-04-03
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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
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 Linkletter, L. E. (1977). A checklist of marine fauna and flora of the Bay of Fundy. <em>Huntsman Marine Laboratory, St. Andrews, N.B.</em> 68: p. [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 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]
additional source Linkletter, L. E. (1977). A checklist of marine fauna and flora of the Bay of Fundy. <em>Huntsman Marine Laboratory, St. Andrews, N.B.</em> 68: p. [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 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:77311 [details]Unreviewed
Diet photosynthetic [details]Distribution Long Island Sound to Strait of Belle Isle [details]
Habitat in calcified shells and worm tubes in low littoral, tide pools and sublittoral on the open coast and salt marshes [details]
Morphology Green colour from Chlorophyll a and b. [details]
Reproduction general for group: asexual reproduction may be by fission (splitting), fragmentation or by zoospores (motile spores). Sexual reproduction may be isogamous (gametes both motile and same size); anisogamous (both motile and different sizes-female bigger) or oogamous (female non-motile and egglike; male motile) [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Japanese | カイミドリ | [details] |
Published in AlgaeBase 
Published in AlgaeBase (from synonym Codiolum polyrhizum Lagerheim, 1886)
Published in AlgaeBase (from synonym Gomontia manxiana Chodat, 1897)
Published in AlgaeBase (from synonym Gomontia caudata Setchell & N.L.Gardner, 1920)
Published in AlgaeBase (from synonym Gomontia bornetii Setchell & N.L.Gardner, 1920)
Published in AlgaeBase (from synonym Gomontia habrorhiza Setchell & N.L.Gardner, 1920)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Gomontia caudata Setchell & N.L.Gardner, 1920)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (30 publications) (from synonym Codiolum polyrhizum Lagerheim, 1886)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Gomontia manxiana Chodat, 1897)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (96 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Gomontia polyrhiza)
To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 0 proteins)
To PESI
To ITIS
Published in AlgaeBase
(from synonym Codiolum polyrhizum Lagerheim, 1886)Published in AlgaeBase
(from synonym Gomontia manxiana Chodat, 1897)Published in AlgaeBase
(from synonym Gomontia caudata Setchell & N.L.Gardner, 1920)Published in AlgaeBase
(from synonym Gomontia bornetii Setchell & N.L.Gardner, 1920)Published in AlgaeBase
(from synonym Gomontia habrorhiza Setchell & N.L.Gardner, 1920)To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Gomontia caudata Setchell & N.L.Gardner, 1920)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (30 publications) (from synonym Codiolum polyrhizum Lagerheim, 1886)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Gomontia manxiana Chodat, 1897)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (96 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Gomontia polyrhiza)
To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 0 proteins)
To PESI
To ITIS