Ulva curvata (Kützing) De Toni
Publication details
Ulva curvata (Kützing) De Toni 1889: 116
Original publication: De Toni, G.B. (1889). Sylloge algarum omnium hucusque cognitarum. Vol. I. Chlorophyceae. pp. [3]-12, [i]-cxxxix, 1-1315. Patavii [Padua]: Sumptibus auctoris.
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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.
Basionym
Phycoseris curvata Kützing
Origin of species name
Adjective (Latin), curved (Stearn 1973).
Homotypic Synonym(s)
Phycoseris curvata Kützing 1845
Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Ulva kuckuckiana Schmidt
General environment
This is a marine species.
Distribution by country
Detailed distribution with sources
(as Ulva curvata (Kützing) De Toni)
Europe: Adriatic (Giaccone 1978, Gallardo et al. 1993), Baltic Sea (Nielsen et al. 1995), France (Feldmann & Magne 1964, Gallardo et al. 1993, Dizerbo & Herpe 2007, Anon. 2012), Helgoland (Bartsch & Kuhlenkamp 2000), Italy (Cinelli et al. 1976, Gallardo et al. 1993, Cecere et al. 1996, Furnari, Cormaci & Serio 1999), Netherlands (Stegenga & Mol 1983, Stegenga, Kaaremans & Simons 2007), Portugal (Ardré 1970, Araujo et al. 2009), Spain (Ballesteros & Romero 1982, Gallardo et al. 1985, Soto & Conde 1989, Gallardo et al. 1993, Flores-Moya et al. 1994, Flores-Moya et al. 1995, Gorostiaga et al., 2004, Bárbara et al. 2005), Turkey (Europe) (Taskin et al. 2008 
), Veneto (Sfriso, A.).
North America: Georgia (Schneider & Searles 1991), North Carolina (Schneider & Searles 1991), South Carolina (Schneider & Searles 1991), Virginia (Humm 1979).
Western Atlantic: Trop. & Subtrop. W. Atlantic (Wynne 2011).
Africa: Morocco (Gallardo et al. 1993, Benhissoune, Boudouresque & Verlaque 2001, Benhissoune, Boudouresque & Verlaque 2001).
South-west Asia: Turkey (Asia) (Taskin et al. 2008 ).
Key references
Sfriso, A. (2011). Chlorophyta multicellulari e fanerogame acquatiche. Ambiente di transizione italiani e litorali adiacenti. pp. [1]-318, pls 1-94. Bologna: Arpa Emilia-Romagna.
SAG Cultures
SAG Cultures may be viewed at http://sagdb.uni-goettingen.de/showstrains.php?genus=Ulva&species=curvata
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=curvata
Created: 07 September 1996 by M.D. Guiry
Verified by: 11 June 2012 by Michael Guiry
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References
(Please note: only references with the binomials in the title are included. The information is from the Literature database.)
Coutinho, R. & Zingmark, R. (1993). Interactions of light and nitrogen on photosynthesis and growth of the marine macroalga Ulva curvata (Kützing) De Toni. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 167: 11-19, 2 figs, 1 table.
Duke, C.S., Litaker, W. & Ramus, J. (1989). Effects of temperature, nitrogen supply, and tissue nitrogen on ammonium uptake rates of the chlorophyte seaweeds Ulva curvata and Codium decorticatum. Journal of Phycology 25: 113-120.
Pérez-Lloréns, J.L., Vergara, J.J., Pino, R.R., Hernández, I., Peralta, G. & Niell, F.X. (1996). The effect of photoacclimation on the photosynthetic physiology of Ulva curvata and Ulva rotundata (Ulvales, Chlorophyta). European Journal of Phycology 31: 349-359, 11 figs, 2 tables.
van den Hoek, C. (1962). Sur la synonymie de trois Ulves d'eau saumâtre: Ulva curvata, U. dangeardii et U. incurvatura. Phycologia 2: 184-186, 2 figs.
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Michael Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 2013.
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