WoRMS taxon details
Ulva compressa Linnaeus, 1753
234462 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:234462)
accepted
Species
Conferva compressa (Linnaeus) Roth, 1797 · unaccepted (synonym)
Enteromorpha chlorotica J.Agardh, 1883 · unaccepted (synonym)
Enteromorpha clathrata var. usneoides (J.Agardh) V.J.Chapman, 1956 · unaccepted (synonym)
Enteromorpha complanata Kützing, 1845 · unaccepted (synonym)
Enteromorpha compressa (Linnaeus) Nees, 1820 · unaccepted
Enteromorpha compressa f. complanata (Kützing) J.Agardh, 1883 · unaccepted (synonym)
Enteromorpha compressa f. typica Kjellman · unaccepted (synonym)
Enteromorpha compressa var. complanata (Kützing) Rabenhorst, 1868 · unaccepted (synonym)
Enteromorpha compressa var. usneoides (Bonnemaison ex J.Agardh) Bliding, 1963 · unaccepted (synonym)
Enteromorpha intestinalis subsp. compressa (Linnaeus) M.W.R.N.de Silva & E.M.Burrows, 1973 · unaccepted (synonym)
Enteromorpha intestinalis var. compressa (Linnaeus) Rosenvinge, 1893 · unaccepted (synonym)
Enteromorpha linkiana Greville, 1830 · unaccepted (synonym)
Enteromorpha usneoides Bonnemaison ex J.Agardh, 1883 · unaccepted
Enteromorpha vulgaris var. compressa (Linnaeus) Edmondston, 1845 · unaccepted (synonym)
Enteronia compressa (Linnaeus) Chevallier, 1836 · unaccepted (synonym)
Fistularia compressa (Linnaeus) Greville, 1824 · unaccepted (synonym)
Fistularia intestinalis var. compressa (Linnaeus) J.P.Jones & Kingston, 1829 · unaccepted (synonym)
Hydrosolen compressus (Linnaeus) C.Martius, 1833 · unaccepted (synonym)
Ilea compressa (Linnaeus) Gaillon, 1828 · unaccepted
Scytosiphon compressus (Linnaeus) Lyngbye, 1819 · unaccepted
Solenia compressa (Linnaeus) C.Agardh, 1824 · unaccepted (synonym)
Ulva compressa Forsskål, 1775 · unaccepted
Ulva enteromorpha var. compressa (Linnaeus) Le Jolis, 1863 · unaccepted (synonym)
Ulva mutabilis Föyn, 1958 · unaccepted
- Variety Ulva compressa var. byssoides Mertens, 1824
- Variety Ulva compressa var. byssoides Naccari, 1824
- Variety Ulva compressa var. crinita (Roth) C.Agardh, 1823
- Variety Ulva compressa var. crinita (Nees) C.Agardh
- Variety Ulva compressa var. crinita G.Martens, 1824
- Variety Ulva compressa var. crispa Zanardini
- Variety Ulva compressa var. crispata (Lyngbye) Duby
- Variety Ulva compressa var. subarticulata C.Agardh
- Variety Ulva compressa var. prolifera (O.F.Müller) C.Agardh, 1823 accepted as Ulva prolifera O.F.Müller, 1778 (synonym)
- Variety Ulva compressa var. purpurea C.Agardh, 1817 accepted as Dumontia contorta (S.G.Gmelin) Ruprecht, 1850 (synonym)
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
page(s): 1163. Volume 2. [details]
page(s): 1163. Volume 2. [details]
LSID urn:lsid:algaebase.org:taxname:70568
LSID urn:lsid:algaebase.org:taxname:70568 [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 compressa Linnaeus, 1753. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=234462 on 2025-04-04
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Nomenclature
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
page(s): 1163. Volume 2. [details]
original description (of Enteromorpha complanata Kützing, 1845) Kützing, F. T. (1845). Phycologia Germanica, d.i. Deutschlands Algen in bündigen Beschreibungen. Nebst einer Anleitung zum Untersuchen und Bestimmen dieser Gewächse für Anfänger. <em>Nordhausen: zu finden bei Wilh. Köhne.</em> 340 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13607560 [details]
original description (of Enteromorpha usneoides Bonnemaison ex J.Agardh, 1883) Agardh, J.G. (1883). Till algernes systematik. Nya bidrag. (Tredje afdelningen.). <em>Lunds Universitets Års-Skrift, Afdelningen for Mathematik och Naturvetenskap.</em> 19(2): 1-177, IV pls. [details]
original description (of Enteromorpha chlorotica J.Agardh, 1883) Agardh, J.G. (1883). Till algernes systematik. Nya bidrag. (Tredje afdelningen.). <em>Lunds Universitets Års-Skrift, Afdelningen for Mathematik och Naturvetenskap.</em> 19(2): 1-177, IV pls. [details]
original description (of Enteromorpha linkiana Greville, 1830) Greville, R.K. (1830). Algae britannicae, or, descriptions of the marine and other inarticulated plants of the British Islands, belonging to the order Algae. <em>Maclachlan & Stewart: Edingburgh, UK.</em> pp. [i*-iii*], [i]-lxxxviii, [1]-218, pl. 1-19. (look up in IMIS) [details]
basis of record 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]
page(s): 1163. Volume 2. [details]
original description (of Enteromorpha complanata Kützing, 1845) Kützing, F. T. (1845). Phycologia Germanica, d.i. Deutschlands Algen in bündigen Beschreibungen. Nebst einer Anleitung zum Untersuchen und Bestimmen dieser Gewächse für Anfänger. <em>Nordhausen: zu finden bei Wilh. Köhne.</em> 340 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13607560 [details]
original description (of Enteromorpha usneoides Bonnemaison ex J.Agardh, 1883) Agardh, J.G. (1883). Till algernes systematik. Nya bidrag. (Tredje afdelningen.). <em>Lunds Universitets Års-Skrift, Afdelningen for Mathematik och Naturvetenskap.</em> 19(2): 1-177, IV pls. [details]
original description (of Enteromorpha chlorotica J.Agardh, 1883) Agardh, J.G. (1883). Till algernes systematik. Nya bidrag. (Tredje afdelningen.). <em>Lunds Universitets Års-Skrift, Afdelningen for Mathematik och Naturvetenskap.</em> 19(2): 1-177, IV pls. [details]
original description (of Enteromorpha linkiana Greville, 1830) Greville, R.K. (1830). Algae britannicae, or, descriptions of the marine and other inarticulated plants of the British Islands, belonging to the order Algae. <em>Maclachlan & Stewart: Edingburgh, UK.</em> pp. [i*-iii*], [i]-lxxxviii, [1]-218, pl. 1-19. (look up in IMIS) [details]
basis of record 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]
Other
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]
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:70568 [details]Unreviewed
Habitat Environment with variable salinity [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Danish | flad rørhinde | [details] |
| Dutch | plat darmwier | [details] |
| French | entéromorphe [from synonym] | [details] |
| Japanese | ヒラアオノリ | [details] |
| Norwegian Bokmål | greinet tarmgrønske | [details] |
| Norwegian Nynorsk | greina tarmgrønske | [details] |
| Polish | watkataśmasałata | [details] |
Published in AlgaeBase 
(from synonym Enteromorpha compressa (Linnaeus) Nees, 1820)
Published in AlgaeBase
Published in AlgaeBase (from synonym Enteromorpha complanata Kützing, 1845)
Published in AlgaeBase (from synonym Enteromorpha usneoides Bonnemaison ex J.Agardh, 1883)
Published in AlgaeBase (from synonym Ilea compressa (Linnaeus) Gaillon, 1828)
Published in AlgaeBase (from synonym Scytosiphon compressus (Linnaeus) Lyngbye, 1819)
Published in AlgaeBase (from synonym Ulva mutabilis Föyn, 1958)
Published in AlgaeBase (from synonym Ulva compressa Forsskål, 1775)
Published in AlgaeBase (from synonym Enteromorpha linkiana Greville, 1830)
Published in AlgaeBase (from synonym Enteromorpha chlorotica J.Agardh, 1883)
Published in AlgaeBase (from synonym Conferva compressa (Linnaeus) Roth, 1797)
Published in AlgaeBase (from synonym Enteromorpha compressa var. crispa (Kützing) Frauenfeld)
Published in AlgaeBase (from synonym Enteromorpha compressa var. usneoides (Bonnemaison ex J.Agardh) Bliding, 1963)
Published in AlgaeBase (from synonym Enteromorpha compressa var. complanata (Kützing) Rabenhorst, 1868)
Published in AlgaeBase (from synonym Enteromorpha vulgaris var. compressa (Linnaeus) Edmondston, 1845)
Published in AlgaeBase (from synonym Fistularia intestinalis var. compressa (Linnaeus) J.P.Jones & Kingston, 1829)
Published in AlgaeBase (from synonym Ulva enteromorpha var. compressa (Linnaeus) Le Jolis, 1863)
Published in AlgaeBase (from synonym Enteromorpha clathrata var. usneoides (J.Agardh) V.J.Chapman, 1956)
Published in AlgaeBase (from synonym Enteromorpha intestinalis var. compressa (Linnaeus) Rosenvinge, 1893)
Published in AlgaeBase (from synonym Enteromorpha compressa f. complanata (Kützing) J.Agardh, 1883)
Published in AlgaeBase (from synonym Enteromorpha compressa f. typica Kjellman)
Published in AlgaeBase (from synonym Enteromorpha intestinalis subsp. compressa (Linnaeus) M.W.R.N.de Silva & E.M.Burrows, 1973)
Published in AlgaeBase (from synonym Enteronia compressa (Linnaeus) Chevallier, 1836)
Published in AlgaeBase (from synonym Fistularia compressa (Linnaeus) Greville, 1824)
Published in AlgaeBase (from synonym Hydrosolen compressus (Linnaeus) C.Martius, 1833)
Published in AlgaeBase (from synonym Solenia compressa (Linnaeus) C.Agardh, 1824)
Published in AlgaeBase (from synonym Enteromorpha compressa f. valde-elongata Schiffner, 1938)
To Barcode of Life (1 barcode) (from synonym Ulva mutabilis Föyn, 1958)
To Barcode of Life (71 barcodes) (from synonym Ulva compressa Forsskål, 1775)
To Barcode of Life (71 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Enteromorpha intestinalis subsp. compressa (Linnaeus) M.W.R.N.de Silva & E.M.Burrows, 1973)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (148 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (148 publications) (from synonym Ulva compressa Forsskål, 1775)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (16 publications) (from synonym Conferva compressa (Linnaeus) Roth, 1797)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (22 publications) (from synonym Scytosiphon compressus (Linnaeus) Lyngbye, 1819)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Enteromorpha usneoides Bonnemaison ex J.Agardh, 1883)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Enteromorpha chlorotica J.Agardh, 1883)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Enteromorpha linkiana Greville, 1830)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Ulva mutabilis Föyn, 1958)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Hydrosolen compressus (Linnaeus) C.Martius, 1833)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (34 publications) (from synonym Solenia compressa (Linnaeus) C.Agardh, 1824)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (391 publications) (from synonym Enteromorpha compressa (Linnaeus) Nees, 1820)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (53 publications) (from synonym Enteromorpha complanata Kützing, 1845)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Fistularia compressa (Linnaeus) Greville, 1824)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications) (from synonym Ilea compressa (Linnaeus) Gaillon, 1828)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Enteromorpha compressa (Linnaeus) Nees, 1820)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Ulva compressa) (from synonym Ulva compressa Forsskål, 1775)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Ulva compressa)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Ulva mutabilis) (from synonym Ulva mutabilis Föyn, 1958)
To GenBank (333 nucleotides; 134 proteins) (from synonym Ulva mutabilis Föyn, 1958)
To GenBank (3526 nucleotides; 1217 proteins) (from synonym Enteromorpha compressa (Linnaeus) Nees, 1820)
To PESI (from synonym Enteromorpha compressa (Linnaeus) Nees, 1820)
To PESI
To ITIS
(from synonym Enteromorpha compressa (Linnaeus) Nees, 1820)Published in AlgaeBase
Published in AlgaeBase
(from synonym Enteromorpha complanata Kützing, 1845)Published in AlgaeBase
(from synonym Enteromorpha usneoides Bonnemaison ex J.Agardh, 1883)Published in AlgaeBase
(from synonym Ilea compressa (Linnaeus) Gaillon, 1828)Published in AlgaeBase
(from synonym Scytosiphon compressus (Linnaeus) Lyngbye, 1819)Published in AlgaeBase
(from synonym Ulva mutabilis Föyn, 1958)Published in AlgaeBase
(from synonym Ulva compressa Forsskål, 1775)Published in AlgaeBase
(from synonym Enteromorpha linkiana Greville, 1830)Published in AlgaeBase
(from synonym Enteromorpha chlorotica J.Agardh, 1883)Published in AlgaeBase
(from synonym Conferva compressa (Linnaeus) Roth, 1797)Published in AlgaeBase
(from synonym Enteromorpha compressa var. crispa (Kützing) Frauenfeld)Published in AlgaeBase
(from synonym Enteromorpha compressa var. usneoides (Bonnemaison ex J.Agardh) Bliding, 1963)Published in AlgaeBase
(from synonym Enteromorpha compressa var. complanata (Kützing) Rabenhorst, 1868)Published in AlgaeBase
(from synonym Enteromorpha vulgaris var. compressa (Linnaeus) Edmondston, 1845)Published in AlgaeBase
(from synonym Fistularia intestinalis var. compressa (Linnaeus) J.P.Jones & Kingston, 1829)Published in AlgaeBase
(from synonym Ulva enteromorpha var. compressa (Linnaeus) Le Jolis, 1863)Published in AlgaeBase
(from synonym Enteromorpha clathrata var. usneoides (J.Agardh) V.J.Chapman, 1956)Published in AlgaeBase
(from synonym Enteromorpha intestinalis var. compressa (Linnaeus) Rosenvinge, 1893)Published in AlgaeBase
(from synonym Enteromorpha compressa f. complanata (Kützing) J.Agardh, 1883)Published in AlgaeBase
(from synonym Enteromorpha compressa f. typica Kjellman)Published in AlgaeBase
(from synonym Enteromorpha intestinalis subsp. compressa (Linnaeus) M.W.R.N.de Silva & E.M.Burrows, 1973)Published in AlgaeBase
(from synonym Enteronia compressa (Linnaeus) Chevallier, 1836)Published in AlgaeBase
(from synonym Fistularia compressa (Linnaeus) Greville, 1824)Published in AlgaeBase
(from synonym Hydrosolen compressus (Linnaeus) C.Martius, 1833)Published in AlgaeBase
(from synonym Solenia compressa (Linnaeus) C.Agardh, 1824)Published in AlgaeBase
(from synonym Enteromorpha compressa f. valde-elongata Schiffner, 1938)To Barcode of Life (1 barcode) (from synonym Ulva mutabilis Föyn, 1958)
To Barcode of Life (71 barcodes) (from synonym Ulva compressa Forsskål, 1775)
To Barcode of Life (71 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Enteromorpha intestinalis subsp. compressa (Linnaeus) M.W.R.N.de Silva & E.M.Burrows, 1973)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (148 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (148 publications) (from synonym Ulva compressa Forsskål, 1775)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (16 publications) (from synonym Conferva compressa (Linnaeus) Roth, 1797)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (22 publications) (from synonym Scytosiphon compressus (Linnaeus) Lyngbye, 1819)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Enteromorpha usneoides Bonnemaison ex J.Agardh, 1883)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Enteromorpha chlorotica J.Agardh, 1883)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Enteromorpha linkiana Greville, 1830)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Ulva mutabilis Föyn, 1958)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Hydrosolen compressus (Linnaeus) C.Martius, 1833)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (34 publications) (from synonym Solenia compressa (Linnaeus) C.Agardh, 1824)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (391 publications) (from synonym Enteromorpha compressa (Linnaeus) Nees, 1820)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (53 publications) (from synonym Enteromorpha complanata Kützing, 1845)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Fistularia compressa (Linnaeus) Greville, 1824)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications) (from synonym Ilea compressa (Linnaeus) Gaillon, 1828)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Enteromorpha compressa (Linnaeus) Nees, 1820)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Ulva compressa) (from synonym Ulva compressa Forsskål, 1775)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Ulva compressa)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Ulva mutabilis) (from synonym Ulva mutabilis Föyn, 1958)
To GenBank (333 nucleotides; 134 proteins) (from synonym Ulva mutabilis Föyn, 1958)
To GenBank (3526 nucleotides; 1217 proteins) (from synonym Enteromorpha compressa (Linnaeus) Nees, 1820)
To PESI (from synonym Enteromorpha compressa (Linnaeus) Nees, 1820)
To PESI
To ITIS
Unreviewed
Image from synonym