WoRMS name details
Enteromorpha flexuosa (Wulfen) J.Agardh, 1883
145959 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:145959)
unaccepted
Species
Enteromorpha Link, 1820 accepted as Ulva Linnaeus, 1753
- Forma Enteromorpha flexuosa f. crispata Schiffner
- Forma Enteromorpha flexuosa f. crispate Schiffner
- Subspecies Enteromorpha flexuosa subsp. linziformis (Bliding) Bliding, 1963
- Variety Enteromorpha flexuosa var. angulosa angulosa Kjellman
- Forma Enteromorpha flexuosa f. submarina Collins & Hervey, 1917 accepted as Ulva flexuosa f. submarina (F.S.Collins & Hervey) M.J.Wynne, 2005
- Subspecies Enteromorpha flexuosa subsp. paradoxa (C.Agardh) Bliding, 1963 accepted as Ulva flexuosa subsp. paradoxa (C.Agardh) M.J.Wynne, 2005 (synonym)
- Subspecies Enteromorpha flexuosa subsp. pilifera (Kützing) Bliding, 1963 accepted as Ulva flexuosa subsp. pilifera (Kützing) M.J.Wynne, 2005 (synonym)
- Variety Enteromorpha flexuosa var. profunda Bliding, 1963 accepted as Ulva flexuosa var. profunda Alongi, Cormaci & Furnari, 2014
- Subspecies Enteromorpha flexuosa subsp. biflagellata (Bliding) Bliding, 1963 (uncertain)
- Subspecies Enteromorpha flexuosa subsp. flexuosa Bliding (uncertain)
- Variety Enteromorpha flexuosa var. angulosa Kjellman, 1897 (uncertain)
marine
(of Ulva flexuosa Wulfen, 1803) Wulfen, F. X. (1803). Cryptogama aquatica. <em>Archives de Botanique.</em> 3: 1-64.
page(s): xxii, 1 [details]
page(s): xxii, 1 [details]
LSID urn:lsid:algaebase.org:taxname:102289
Distribution Long Island Sound to Gulf of St. Lawrence
LSID urn:lsid:algaebase.org:taxname:102289 [details]
Distribution Long Island Sound to Gulf of St. Lawrence
Distribution Long Island Sound to Gulf of St. Lawrence [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). Enteromorpha flexuosa (Wulfen) J.Agardh, 1883. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=145959 on 2025-05-08
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Ulva flexuosa Wulfen, 1803) Wulfen, F. X. (1803). Cryptogama aquatica. <em>Archives de Botanique.</em> 3: 1-64.
page(s): xxii, 1 [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]
new combination reference 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]
page(s): xxii, 1 [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]
new combination reference 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]
Taxonomy
source of synonymy
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
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 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 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
[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 Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [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 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
[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 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:102289 [details]Unreviewed
Diet photosynthetic [details]Dimensions up to 30 cm long [details]
Distribution Long Island Sound to Gulf of St. Lawrence [details]
Habitat mostly in estuaries attached to rocks or wood in protected areas [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]
