WoRMS taxon details
Ulva rigida C.Agardh, 1823
145990 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:145990)
accepted
Species
Letterstedtia petiolata J.Agardh, 1883 · unaccepted (synonym)
Phycoseris gigantea var. perforata Kützing, 1849 · unaccepted (synonym)
Phycoseris rigida (C.Agardh) Kützing, 1843 · unaccepted (synonym)
Phycoseris ulva Sonder, 1845 · unaccepted (synonym)
Ulva armoricana P.Dion, B.de Reviers & G.Coat, 1998 · unaccepted
Ulva lactuca var. rigida (C.Agardh) Le Jolis, 1863 · unaccepted (synonym)
Ulva petiolata (J.Agardh) Womersley, 1956 · unaccepted (synonym)
Ulva scandinavica Bliding, 1969 · unaccepted
Ulva spathulata Papenfuss, 1960 · unaccepted (synonym)
Ulva thuretii B.Föyn, 1955 · unaccepted (synonym)
- Forma Ulva rigida f. australis J.Agardh
- Forma Ulva rigida f. capensis (Grunow) J.Agardh, 1883
- Forma Ulva rigida f. cribrosa J.Agardh
- Forma Ulva rigida f. densa (Kjellman) Feldmann
- Forma Ulva rigida f. lacinulata P.J.L.Dangeard
- Forma Ulva rigida f. myriotrema (Kützing) J.Agardh
- Forma Ulva rigida f. ostreata P.J.L.Dangeard
- Forma Ulva rigida f. pacifica C.Agardh
- Forma Ulva rigida f. rigida J.Agardh
- Forma Ulva rigida f. tropica Jaasund, 1976
- Variety Ulva rigida var. fimbriata J.Agardh, 1883
- Variety Ulva rigida var. laciniata (Wulfen) J.Agardh
- Forma Ulva rigida f. laciniata J.Agardh, 1883 accepted as Ulva lactuca f. laciniata (J.Agardh) De Toni, 1889 (synonym)
marine, brackish
Agardh, C.A. (1823). Species algarum rite cognitae, cum synonymis, differentiis specificis et descriptionibus succinctis. <em>Lund.</em> 399-531.
page(s): 410 [details]
page(s): 410 [details]
LSID urn:lsid:algaebase.org:taxname:77473
Distribution Long Island sound, Gulf of Maine to Strait of Belle Isle
LSID urn:lsid:algaebase.org:taxname:77473 [details]
Distribution Long Island sound, Gulf of Maine to Strait of Belle Isle
Distribution Long Island sound, Gulf of Maine 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 rigida C.Agardh, 1823. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=145990 on 2024-04-18
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original description
Agardh, C.A. (1823). Species algarum rite cognitae, cum synonymis, differentiis specificis et descriptionibus succinctis. <em>Lund.</em> 399-531.
page(s): 410 [details]
original description (of Ulva armoricana P.Dion, B.de Reviers & G.Coat, 1998) Dion, P.; Reviers, B. de; Coat, G. (1998). Ulva armoricana sp. nov. (Ulvales, Chlorophyta) from the coasts of Brittany (France). I. Morphological identification. <em>European Journal of Phycology.</em> 33: 73-80, 16 figs, 1 table. [details]
original description (of Ulva scandinavica Bliding, 1969) Bliding, C. (1969 '1968'). A critical survey of European taxa in Ulvales, Part II. Ulva, Ulvaria, Monostroma, Kornmannia. <em>Botaniska Notiser.</em> 121: 535-629. [details] Available for editors
[request]
context source (RAS) Australian Antarctic Data Centre. , available online at https://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/biodiversity/ [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 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. (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]
additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]
page(s): 410 [details]
original description (of Ulva armoricana P.Dion, B.de Reviers & G.Coat, 1998) Dion, P.; Reviers, B. de; Coat, G. (1998). Ulva armoricana sp. nov. (Ulvales, Chlorophyta) from the coasts of Brittany (France). I. Morphological identification. <em>European Journal of Phycology.</em> 33: 73-80, 16 figs, 1 table. [details]
original description (of Ulva scandinavica Bliding, 1969) Bliding, C. (1969 '1968'). A critical survey of European taxa in Ulvales, Part II. Ulva, Ulvaria, Monostroma, Kornmannia. <em>Botaniska Notiser.</em> 121: 535-629. [details] Available for editors
[request] context source (RAS) Australian Antarctic Data Centre. , available online at https://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/biodiversity/ [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 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. (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]
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:77473 [details]From other sources
Diet photosynthetic [details]Dimensions up to 20 cm long but up to 1m when free-floating [details]
Distribution Long Island sound, Gulf of Maine to Strait of Belle Isle [details]
Habitat intertidal zone and shallow sublittoral attached to any hard substrata or epiphytic, growing on the open coast or estuaries extending into brackish waters; low littoral to shallow sublittoral [details]
Habitat Environment with variable salinity [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 | |
|---|---|---|
| Catalan | enciam de mar | [details] |
| Dutch | stijve zeesla | [details] |
| English | sea lettuce | [details] |
| French | laitues de mer | [details] |
| Spanish | lechuga de mar | [details] |
Published in AlgaeBase 
Published in AlgaeBase (from synonym Ulva scandinavica Bliding, 1969)
Published in AlgaeBase (from synonym Ulva spathulata Papenfuss, 1960)
Published in AlgaeBase (from synonym Ulva armoricana P.Dion, B.de Reviers & G.Coat, 1998)
Published in AlgaeBase (from synonym Phycoseris ulva Sonder, 1845)
Published in AlgaeBase (from synonym Letterstedtia petiolata J.Agardh, 1883)
Published in AlgaeBase (from synonym Ulva petiolata (J.Agardh) Womersley, 1956)
Published in AlgaeBase (from synonym Phycoseris rigida (C.Agardh) Kützing, 1843)
Published in AlgaeBase (from synonym Ulva thuretii B.Föyn, 1955)
Published in AlgaeBase (from synonym Ulva lactuca var. rigida (C.Agardh) Le Jolis, 1863)
Published in AlgaeBase (from synonym Phycoseris gigantea var. perforata Kützing, 1849)
To Barcode of Life (33 barcodes)
To Barcode of Life (4 barcodes) (from synonym Ulva scandinavica Bliding, 1969)
To Barcode of Life (6 barcodes) (from synonym Ulva armoricana P.Dion, B.de Reviers & G.Coat, 1998)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (112 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (16 publications) (from synonym Ulva spathulata Papenfuss, 1960)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (25 publications) (from synonym Phycoseris rigida (C.Agardh) Kützing, 1843)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Ulva petiolata (J.Agardh) Womersley, 1956)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Letterstedtia petiolata J.Agardh, 1883)
To European Nucleotide Archive (ENA) (from synonym Ulva armoricana P.Dion, B.de Reviers & G.Coat, 1998)
To European Nucleotide Archive (ENA)
To European Nucleotide Archive (ENA) (from synonym Ulva scandinavica Bliding, 1969)
To GenBank (13 nucleotides; 6 proteins) (from synonym Ulva armoricana P.Dion, B.de Reviers & G.Coat, 1998)
To GenBank (15 nucleotides; 6 proteins) (from synonym Ulva scandinavica Bliding, 1969)
To GenBank (219 nucleotides; 529 proteins)
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Ulva scandinavica Bliding, 1969)
To ITIS
Published in AlgaeBase
(from synonym Ulva scandinavica Bliding, 1969)Published in AlgaeBase
(from synonym Ulva spathulata Papenfuss, 1960)Published in AlgaeBase
(from synonym Ulva armoricana P.Dion, B.de Reviers & G.Coat, 1998)Published in AlgaeBase
(from synonym Phycoseris ulva Sonder, 1845)Published in AlgaeBase
(from synonym Letterstedtia petiolata J.Agardh, 1883)Published in AlgaeBase
(from synonym Ulva petiolata (J.Agardh) Womersley, 1956)Published in AlgaeBase
(from synonym Phycoseris rigida (C.Agardh) Kützing, 1843)Published in AlgaeBase
(from synonym Ulva thuretii B.Föyn, 1955)Published in AlgaeBase
(from synonym Ulva lactuca var. rigida (C.Agardh) Le Jolis, 1863)Published in AlgaeBase
(from synonym Phycoseris gigantea var. perforata Kützing, 1849)To Barcode of Life (33 barcodes)
To Barcode of Life (4 barcodes) (from synonym Ulva scandinavica Bliding, 1969)
To Barcode of Life (6 barcodes) (from synonym Ulva armoricana P.Dion, B.de Reviers & G.Coat, 1998)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (112 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (16 publications) (from synonym Ulva spathulata Papenfuss, 1960)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (25 publications) (from synonym Phycoseris rigida (C.Agardh) Kützing, 1843)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Ulva petiolata (J.Agardh) Womersley, 1956)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Letterstedtia petiolata J.Agardh, 1883)
To European Nucleotide Archive (ENA) (from synonym Ulva armoricana P.Dion, B.de Reviers & G.Coat, 1998)
To European Nucleotide Archive (ENA)
To European Nucleotide Archive (ENA) (from synonym Ulva scandinavica Bliding, 1969)
To GenBank (13 nucleotides; 6 proteins) (from synonym Ulva armoricana P.Dion, B.de Reviers & G.Coat, 1998)
To GenBank (15 nucleotides; 6 proteins) (from synonym Ulva scandinavica Bliding, 1969)
To GenBank (219 nucleotides; 529 proteins)
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Ulva scandinavica Bliding, 1969)
To ITIS
