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Ulva lactuca Linnaeus, 1753

145984  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:145984)

  1. Biota
  2. Plantae (Kingdom)
  3. Viridiplantae (Subkingdom)
  4. Chlorophyta (Phylum (Division))
  5. Chlorophytina (Subphylum (Subdivision))
  6. Ulvophyceae (Class)
  7. Ulvales (Order)
  8. Ulvaceae (Family)
  9. Ulva (Genus)
  10. Ulva lactuca (Species)
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  1. Forma Ulva lactuca f. australis (Kützing) Schiffner
  2. Forma Ulva lactuca f. consociata P.J.L.Dangeard
  3. Forma Ulva lactuca f. contorta (Lyngbye) Gomont
  4. Forma Ulva lactuca f. cribrosa (J.Agardh) De Toni
  5. Forma Ulva lactuca f. crispa P.J.L.Dangeard
  6. Forma Ulva lactuca f. dillenii Le Jolis
  7. Forma Ulva lactuca f. foraminata Deckenbach
  8. Forma Ulva lactuca f. genuina Hauck, 1884
  9. Forma Ulva lactuca f. laciniata (J.Agardh) De Toni, 1889
  10. Forma Ulva lactuca f. lapathifolia (Kützing) Hauck, 1884
  11. Forma Ulva lactuca f. latissima Schiffner
  12. Forma Ulva lactuca f. lobata (Kützing) Hauck
  13. Forma Ulva lactuca f. myriotrema (R.Lenormand ex Kützing) G.B.De Toni
  14. Forma Ulva lactuca f. rigida De Toni
  15. Forma Ulva lactuca f. rigida (C.Agardh) Hylmö
  16. Variety Ulva lactuca var. bullosa Hornemann
  17. Variety Ulva lactuca var. contorta Lyngbye
  18. Variety Ulva lactuca var. crispa P.J.L.Dangeard
  19. Variety Ulva lactuca var. curvatiformis Schiffner
  20. Variety Ulva lactuca var. fasciata (Delile) Hering
  21. Variety Ulva lactuca var. fasciata (Delile) Schiffner
  22. Variety Ulva lactuca var. genuina Schiffner
  23. Variety Ulva lactuca var. lacinata (J.Agardh)
  24. Variety Ulva lactuca var. laciniata (J.Agardh) Schiffner
  25. Variety Ulva lactuca var. lacinulata (Kützing) W.R.Taylor, 1960
  26. Variety Ulva lactuca var. latissima (Linnaeus) Hariot
  27. Variety Ulva lactuca var. latissima (C.Linnaeus) T.Edmondston
  28. Variety Ulva lactuca var. longissima Montagne
  29. Variety Ulva lactuca var. macrogyna Reinsch, 1890
  30. Variety Ulva lactuca var. maxima P.J.L.Dangeard
  31. Variety Ulva lactuca var. mesenteriformis (Roth) Collins, 1900
  32. Variety Ulva lactuca var. myriotrema (P.L.Crouan & H.M.Crouan) Bornet
  33. Variety Ulva lactuca var. palmata (C.Agardh) Montagne
  34. Variety Ulva lactuca var. perforata Rodríguez y Femenías, 1889
  35. Variety Ulva lactuca var. pulvinata (O.C.Schmidt) Lami, 1969
  36. Variety Ulva lactuca var. rigida (C.Agardh) Hariot
  37. Variety Ulva lactuca var. rosulans Schiffner, 1916
  38. Variety Ulva lactuca var. simplex Rudolphi, 1831
  39. Variety Ulva lactuca var. spiralis (Hornemann) Lange
  40. Variety Ulva lactuca var. umbilicalis Rudolphi, 1831
  41. Variety Ulva lactuca var. umbilicata Wallroth
  42. Forma Ulva lactuca f. fasciata (Delile) Hering, 1846 accepted as Ulva fasciata Delile, 1813 accepted as Ulva lactuca Linnaeus, 1753 (synonym)
  43. Forma Ulva lactuca f. lacinulata (Kützing) Hauck, 1884 accepted as Ulva lactuca var. lacinulata (Kützing) W.R.Taylor, 1960 (synonym)
  44. Forma Ulva lactuca f. pulvinata Schmidt, 1931 accepted as Ulva lactuca var. pulvinata (O.C.Schmidt) Lami, 1969 (synonym)
  45. Forma Ulva lactuca f. stipitata (Areschoug) Kylin, 1907 accepted as Ulva stipitata J.E.Areschoug, 1850 accepted as Ulva fenestrata Postels & Ruprecht, 1840 (synonym)
  46. Variety Ulva lactuca var. latissima (Linnaeus) A.P.De Candolle, 1805 accepted as Saccharina latissima (Linnaeus) C.E.Lane, C.Mayes, Druehl & G.W.Saunders, 2006
  47. Variety Ulva lactuca var. purpurea (Roth) Poiret, 1808 accepted as Porphyra purpurea (Roth) C.Agardh, 1824 (synonym)
  48. Variety Ulva lactuca var. rigida (C.Agardh) Le Jolis, 1863 accepted as Ulva rigida C.Agardh, 1823 (synonym)
  49. Forma Ulva lactuca f. latissima (C.Linnaeus) Kylin (uncertain)
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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. Stockholm., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/669#/summary
page(s): 1163. Volume 2. [details]   
LSID urn:lsid:algaebase.org:taxname:77474  
LSID urn:lsid:algaebase.org:taxname:77474 [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. (2024). AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway (taxonomic information republished from AlgaeBase with permission of M.D. Guiry). Ulva lactuca Linnaeus, 1753. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=145984 on 2024-04-24
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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. Stockholm., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/669#/summary
page(s): 1163. Volume 2. [details]   

original description  (of Ulva nematoidea Bory de Saint-Vincent, 1828) Bory de St. Vincent, J. B. (1828). Botanique, Cryptogamie. <em>In: Voyage autour du monde, exécuté par ordre du Roi, sur la corvette de Sa Majesté, la Coquille, pendant les années 1822, 1823, 1824 et 1825.</em> (Duperrey, L.I. Eds), pp. 97-200. Paris: Bertrand. [details]  OpenAccess publication 

context source (Introduced species) Katsanevakis, S.; Bogucarskis, K.; Gatto, F.; Vandekerkhove, J.; Deriu, I.; Cardoso A.S. (2012). Building the European Alien Species Information Network (EASIN): a novel approach for the exploration of distributed alien species data. <em>BioInvasions Records.</em> 1: 235-245., available online at http://easin.jrc.ec.europa.eu [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

context source (HKRMS) City University of Hong Kong. (2000). Study of the suitablility of Ping Chau to be established as marine park or marine reserve. Final report submitted to the Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department, The Hong Kong SAR Government. [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]   

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]   

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 Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. <em>Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France.</em> 307 pp., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/145561.pdf [details]   

additional source Check list of Antarctic and Subantarctic Seaweeds by Wiencke C & Clayton MN, 2002. (look up in IMIS) [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  PDF available [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. (2023). 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]   
 
 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:77474 [details]

From regional or thematic species database
Introduced species vector dispersal in Turkish part of the Aegean Sea (Marine Region) : Fisheries: accidental with deliberate translocations of fish or shellfish [details]

Introduced species vector dispersal in Turkish part of the Aegean Sea (Marine Region) : Shipping [details]

From other sources
Diet photosynthetic [details]

Distribution Long Island Sound to Strait of Belle Isle [details]

Habitat open coast attached to any hard substrata or epiphytic in tide pools, low littoral to sublittoral to 24 m; also may form extensive free floating mats on muddy or silted bottoms in protected bays and shallow estuaries [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]
LanguageName 
Danish søsalat  [details]
Dutch zeesla  [details]
English sea lettuce  [details]
French ulvesaladelaitue de mer  [details]
German Meersalat  [details]
Japanese リボンアオサ [from synonym]オオバアオサ  [details]
Norwegian Bokmål havsalat  [details]
Norwegian Nynorsk havsalat  [details]
Marine Life Information Network - UK 
Published in AlgaeBase Logo AlgaeBase 
Published in AlgaeBase Logo AlgaeBase (from synonym Ulva fasciata Delile, 1813)
Published in AlgaeBase Logo AlgaeBase (from synonym Ulva lobata (Kützing) Harvey, 1855)
Published in AlgaeBase Logo AlgaeBase (from synonym Ulva tenera Kornmann & Sahling, 1994)
Published in AlgaeBase Logo AlgaeBase (from synonym Monostroma lactuca (Linnaeus) J.Agardh, 1883)
Published in AlgaeBase Logo AlgaeBase (from synonym Ulva nematoidea Bory de Saint-Vincent, 1828)
Published in AlgaeBase Logo AlgaeBase (from synonym Phycoseris lobata Kützing, 1847)
Published in AlgaeBase Logo AlgaeBase (from synonym Phyllona lactuca (Linnaeus) F.H.Wiggers, 1780)
Published in AlgaeBase Logo AlgaeBase (from synonym Ulva costata (M.Howe) Hollenberg, 1971)
Published in AlgaeBase Logo AlgaeBase (from synonym Phycoseris fasciata (Delile) Montagne, 1856)
Published in AlgaeBase Logo AlgaeBase (from synonym Ulva lactucaefolia S.F.Gray, 1821)
Published in AlgaeBase Logo AlgaeBase (from synonym Ulva crassa Kjellman, 1877)
Published in AlgaeBase Logo AlgaeBase (from synonym Ulva fasciata f. costata M.Howe, 1914)
Published in AlgaeBase Logo AlgaeBase (from synonym Ulva lactuca f. fasciata (Delile) Hering, 1846)
Published in AlgaeBase Logo AlgaeBase (from synonym Ulva fasciata f. lobata Setchell, 1901)
To Barcode of Life (15 barcodes) (from synonym Ulva fasciata Delile, 1813)
To Barcode of Life (2 barcodes) (from synonym Ulva lobata (Kützing) Harvey, 1855)
To Barcode of Life (51 barcodes) 
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Phyllona lactuca (Linnaeus) F.H.Wiggers, 1780)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (111 publications) (from synonym Ulva fasciata Delile, 1813)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (14 publications) (from synonym Ulva crassa Kjellman, 1877)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (18 publications) (from synonym Phycoseris fasciata (Delile) Montagne, 1856)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (19 publications) (from synonym Ulva nematoidea Bory de Saint-Vincent, 1828)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (20 publications) (from synonym Phycoseris lobata Kützing, 1847)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (30 publications) (from synonym Ulva lobata (Kützing) Harvey, 1855)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Ulva costata (M.Howe) Hollenberg, 1971)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (486 publications) 
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Monostroma lactuca (Linnaeus) J.Agardh, 1883)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Ulva fasciata Delile, 1813)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) 
To European Nucleotide Archive (ENA) 
To European Nucleotide Archive (ENA) (from synonym Ulva fasciata Delile, 1813)
To European Nucleotide Archive (ENA) (from synonym Ulva lobata (Kützing) Harvey, 1855)
To GenBank (35 nucleotides; 26 proteins) (from synonym Ulva lobata (Kützing) Harvey, 1855)
To GenBank (482 nucleotides; 541 proteins) (from synonym Ulva nematoidea Bory de Saint-Vincent, 1828)
To GenBank (482 nucleotides; 541 proteins) 
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI) (from synonym Ulva lobata (Kützing) Harvey, 1855)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI) 
To PESI (from synonym Ulva fasciata Delile, 1813)
To PESI 
To PESI (from synonym Ulva tenera Kornmann & Sahling, 1994)
To ITIS
From other sources
Ulva lactuca Linnaeus, 1753
Ulva lactuca Linnaeus, 1753
Ulva lactuca
Ulva lactuca

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