Ulva bifrons Ardré
Classification:
Empire Eukaryota
Kingdom Plantae
Phylum Chlorophyta
Class Ulvophyceae
Order Ulvales
Family Ulvaceae
Genus Ulva
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microscope, transverse seccion, Biarritz, France, 2011. Ignacio Bárbara. © Ignacio Bárbara (barbara@udc.es).
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microscope, transverse seccion, Biarritz, France, 2011. Ignacio Bárbara. © Ignacio Bárbara (barbara@udc.es).

microscope, surface view at the apex, Biarritz, France, 2011. Ignacio Bárbara. © Ignacio Bárbara (barbara@udc.es).

microscope, surface view at the base, Biarritz, France, 2011. Ignacio Bárbara. © Ignacio Bárbara (barbara@udc.es).

middle intertidal with Caulacanthus ustulatus, Biarritz, France, 2011. Ignacio Bárbara. © Ignacio Bárbara (barbara@udc.es).

Biarritz, France, 2011. 09 Dec 2011. Ignacio Bárbara. © Ignacio Bárbara (barbara@udc.es).
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Biarritz, France, 2011. 09 Dec 2011. Ignacio Bárbara. © Ignacio Bárbara (barbara@udc.es).
Publication details
Ulva bifrons Ardré 1967: 292, figs 1-14
Original publication: Ardré, F. (1967). Une ulve à thalle remarquable des côtes du Portugal. Revue Algologique, Nouvelle Serie 8: 292-297, 14 figs.
Type species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Ulva is Ulva lactuca Linnaeus.
Status of name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.
Origin of species name
Adjective (Latin), with two faces, growing on both sides (Stearn 1973).
Synonym(s)
No synonyms are currently included in AlgaeBase.
General environment
This is a marine species.
Distribution by country
Type information
Type locality: Sezimbra, near Lisboa, Portugal (Silva, Basson & Moe 1996: 742).
Detailed distribution with sources
(as Ulva bifrons Ardré)
Europe: Balearic Islands (Ribera Siguán 1983, Ribera Siguán & Gómez Garreta 1985, Gallardo et al. 1993), France (Bárbara & Díaz Tapia 2012), Greece (Gallardo et al. 1993), Portugal (Ardré 1970, Araujo et al. 2009), Spain (Gallardo et al. 1985, Bárbara et al. 1995, Veiga, Cremades & Bárbara 1998, Gorostiaga et al., 2004, Bárbara et al. 2005, Bárbara et al. 2012).
Africa: Morocco (Benhissoune, Boudouresque & Verlaque 2001).
South-west Asia: Pakistan (Silva, Basson & Moe 1996).
SAG Cultures
SAG Cultures may be viewed at http://sagdb.uni-goettingen.de/showstrains.php?genus=Ulva&species=bifrons
SCCAP Cultures
Cultures from the Scandinavian Culture Collection of Algae at the University of Copenhagen (SCCAP) and Protozoa may be viewed at http://www.sccap.dk/search/algaebase.asp?Genus=Ulva&Species=bifrons
Created: 07 September 1996 by M.D. Guiry
Verified by: 16 July 2011 by M.D. Guiry
Accesses: This record has been accessed by users 1271 times since it was created.
Linking to this page: http://www.algaebase.org/search/species/detail/?species_id=1063
Citing AlgaeBase
Cite this record as:
M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 2013.
AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. http://www.algaebase.org; searched on 25 May 2013.
Algaebase taxon LSID: urn:lsid:algaebase.org:taxname:76485




