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Ulva Linnaeus, 1753

144296 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:144296)

  1. Biota
  2. Plantae
  3. Viridiplantae
  4. Chlorophyta
  5. Chlorophytina
  6. Ulvophyceae
  7. Ulvales
  8. Ulvaceae
  9. Ulva
accepted
Genus
Ulva lactuca Linnaeus, 1753
Ulvaceae J.V. Lamouroux ex Dumortier, 1822
Enteromorpha Link, 1820 · unaccepted (synonym, nom. et typ. cons.)

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  1. Species Ulva aragoensis (Bliding) Maggs in Krupnik et al., 2018
  2. Species Ulva ardreana M.Cormaci, G.Furnari & G.Alongi, 2013
  3. Species Ulva australis Areschoug, 1854
  4. Species Ulva blidingii Alongi, Cormaci & G.Furnari, 2014
  5. Species Ulva californica Wille, 1899
  6. Species Ulva chaetomorphoides (Børgesen) H.S.Hayden, Blomster, Maggs, P.C.Silva, Stanhope & Waaland, 2003
  7. Species Ulva chaugulii M.G.Kavale & M.A.Kazi, 2016
  8. Species Ulva clathrata (Roth) C.Agardh, 1811
  9. Species Ulva compressa Linnaeus, 1753
  10. Species Ulva croatica Alongi, Cormaci & Furnari, 2014
  11. Species Ulva flexuosa Wulfen, 1803
  12. Species Ulva intestinalis Linnaeus, 1753
  13. Species Ulva kylinii (Bliding) H.S.Hayden, Blomster, Maggs, P.C.Silva, Stanhope & Waaland, 2003
  14. Species Ulva lactuca Linnaeus, 1753
  15. Species Ulva linearis P.J.L.Dangeard, 1957
  16. Species Ulva linza Linnaeus, 1753
  17. Species Ulva maeotica (Proshkina-Lavrenko) P.M.Tsarenko, 2011
  18. Species Ulva ohnoi Hiraoka & S.Shimada, 2004
  19. Species Ulva pilifera (Kützing) Škaloud & Leliaert, 2018
  20. Species Ulva polyclada Kraft, 2007
  21. Species Ulva prolifera O.F.Müller, 1778
  22. Species Ulva pseudocurvata Koeman & Hoek, 1981
  23. Species Ulva pseudorotundata M.Cormaci, G.Furnari & G.Alongi, 2014
  24. Species Ulva radiata (J.Agardh) H.S.Hayden, Blomster, Maggs, P.C.Silva, Stanhope & Waaland, 2003
  25. Species Ulva ralfsii (Harvey) Le Jolis, 1863
  26. Species Ulva rhacodes (Holmes) Papenfuss, 1960
  27. Species Ulva rigida C.Agardh, 1823
  28. Species Ulva splitiana Alongi, Cormaci & Furnari, 2014
  29. Species Ulva tepida Masakiyo & S.Shimada, 2014
  30. Species Ulva torta (Mertens) Trevisan, 1842
  31. Species Ulva bertolonii C.Agardh, 1823 accepted as Ulva linza Linnaeus, 1753
  32. Species Ulva bifrons Ardré, 1967 accepted as Ulva ardreana M.Cormaci, G.Furnari & G.Alongi, 2013
  33. Species Ulva compressa Forsskål, 1775 accepted as Ulva compressa Linnaeus, 1753
  34. Species Ulva curvata (Kützing) De Toni, 1889 accepted as Ulva compressa Linnaeus, 1753
  35. Species Ulva fasciata Delile, 1813 accepted as Ulva lactuca Linnaeus, 1753 (synonym)
  36. Species Ulva fasciata S.F.Gray, 1821 accepted as Ulva linza Linnaeus, 1753
  37. Species Ulva gigantea (Kützing) Bliding, 1969 accepted as Ulva compressa Forsskål, 1775 accepted as Ulva compressa Linnaeus, 1753
  38. Species Ulva intestinaloides (Koeman & Hoek) H.S.Hayden, Blomster, Maggs, P.C.Silva, Stanhope & Waaland, 2003 accepted as Ulva compressa Forsskål, 1775 accepted as Ulva compressa Linnaeus, 1753
  39. Species Ulva lacinulata (Kützing) Wittrock, 1882 accepted as Ulva lactuca var. lacinulata (Kützing) W.R.Taylor, 1960 (synonym)
  40. Species Ulva laetevirens J.E.Areschoug, 1854 accepted as Ulva australis Areschoug, 1854
  41. Species Ulva mediterranea Alongi, Cormaci & G.Furnari, 2014 accepted as Ulva aragoensis (Bliding) Maggs in Krupnik et al., 2018
  42. Species Ulva neapolitana Bliding, 1960 accepted as Ulva blidingii Alongi, Cormaci & G.Furnari, 2014
  43. Species Ulva olivascens P.J.L.Dangeard, 1961 accepted as Umbraulva dangeardii M.J.Wynne & G.Furnari, 2014 (synonym)
  44. Species Ulva procera (K.Ahlner) H.S.Hayden, Blomster, Maggs, P.C.Silva, Stanhope & Waaland, 2003 accepted as Ulva prolifera O.F.Müller, 1778 (synonym)
  45. Species Ulva pseudolinza (Koeman & Hoek) H.S.Hayden, Blomster, Maggs, P.C.Silva, Stanhope & Waaland, 2003 accepted as Ulva intestinalis Linnaeus, 1753
  46. Species Ulva ramulosa Smith, 1810 accepted as Ulva clathrata (Roth) C.Agardh, 1811 (synonym)
  47. Species Ulva rotundata Bliding, 1968 accepted as Ulva lactuca Linnaeus, 1753
  48. Species Ulva scandinavica Bliding, 1969 accepted as Ulva rigida C.Agardh, 1823
  49. Species Ulva simplex (K.L.Vinogradova) H.S.Hayden, Blomster, Maggs, P.C.Silva, Stanhope & Waaland, 2003 accepted as Ulva prolifera O.F.Müller, 1778
  50. Species Ulva tenera Kornmann & Sahling, 1994 accepted as Ulva lactuca Linnaeus, 1753
  51. Species Ulva uvoides Bory de Saint-Vincent accepted as Botryocladia botryoides (Wulfen) Feldmann, 1941
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 [details] 
Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. (2026). AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway (taxonomic information republished from AlgaeBase with permission of M.D. Guiry). Ulva Linnaeus, 1753. Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2026) European Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=144296 on 2026-08-21
Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2026). European Register of Marine Species. Ulva Linnaeus, 1753. Accessed at: https://www.marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=144296 on 2026-08-21
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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z
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Guiry, Michael D.

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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 [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 RoR) [details] 

additional source Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. (2026). 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 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] 
 
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Dutch enteromorfa [from synonym]darmwier [from synonym]  [details]
English green lavergrass kelp [from synonym]  [details]
French laitue de mer  [details]
Published in AlgaeBase Logo AlgaeBase (from synonym Enteromorpha Link, 1820)
Published in AlgaeBase Logo AlgaeBase 
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) 
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Enteromorpha Link, 1820)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Ulva) 
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 0 proteins) (from synonym Enteromorpha Link, 1820)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Enteromorpha and Cladophora 1g.JPG) (from synonym Enteromorpha Link, 1820)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Enteromorpha and Cladophora 1h.JPG) (from synonym Enteromorpha Link, 1820)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Ulva 64532.JPG) 
To NMNH Extant Collection (Ulva 64532b.JPG) 
To ITIS
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