Ulva linza Linnaeus

Classification:
Empire Eukaryota
Kingdom Plantae
Phylum Chlorophyta
Class Ulvophyceae
Order Ulvales
Family Ulvaceae
Genus Ulva

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Peter the Great Bay, Russia. 28 Mar 2012. Oksana Belous. © Oksana Belous (ksu_bio@mail.ru).

On low intertidal boulders (Peter the Great Bay, Russia). Photo of O.S. Belous. 09 Mar 2012. Eduard and Tamara Titlyanova. © Eduard and Tamara Titlyanova (etitlyanov@mail.ru).

Zeeland delta, Netherlands. 26 Mar 2011. Mat Vestjens & Anne Frijsinger. © Mat Vestjens & Anne Frijsinger (annenmat@natuurlijkmooi.net).

Northern California. 08 Mar 2011. Wendell Wood (ww@oregonwild.org). © Wendell Wood (ww@oregonwild.org).

Ulva linza? with Codium platyclados , Lord Howe Island, Australia. M.D. Guiry. © Michael Guiry (mike.guiry@nuigalway.ie).

Ulva linza, Spanish Point, Co. Clare, Ireland. 28 Aug 2010. M.D. Guiry. © Michael Guiry (mike.guiry@nuigalway.ie).

Ulva ?linza Cuan, Ventry Harbour, Co. Kerry, Ireland. 11 Aug 2010. M.D. Guiry. © Michael Guiry (mike.guiry@nuigalway.ie).

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Ulva linza Linnaeus From Littler, D.S., M.M. Littler & M.D. Hanisak (2008) Submersed Plants of the Indian River Lagoon. Purchase information

Publication details
Ulva linza Linnaeus 1753: 1163

Original publication: 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. Vol. 2 pp. [i], 561-1200, [1-30, index], [i, err.]. Holmiae [Stockholm]: Impensis Laurentii Salvii.
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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.

Infrageneric classification
Subgenus Ulva Section Enteromorpha

Homotypic Synonym(s)
Solenia linza (Linnaeus) C.Agardh 1824
Enteronia linza (Linnaeus) Chevallier 1836
Phycoseris linza (Linnaeus) Kützing 1843
Enteromorpha linza (Linnaeus) J.Agardh 1883

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Enteromorpha linza f. lanceolata
Enteromorpha linza var. angusta
Ulva linza var. lanceolata Kützing
Ulva linza var. angusta Kützing
Ulva lanceolata Linnaeus 1767
Ulva intybacea Lamarck 1779
Ulva crispata Bertoloni 1810
Ulva fasciata S.F.Gray 1821
Ulva bertolonii C.Agardh 1823
Scytosiphon intestinalis var. plynthodes Wallroth 1833
Phycoseris crispata (Bertoloni) Kützing 1843
Enteromorpha bertolonii Montagne 1846
Ulva enteromorpha var. lanceolata (Linnaeus) Le Jolis 1863
Enteromorpha bertolonii var. lanceolata (Linnaeus) Grunow 1867
Enteromorpha procera K.Ahlner 1877
Enteromorpha ahlneriana Bliding 1944
Enteromorpha bulbosa var. japonica Yoshida et al. 1990
Ulva procera (K.Ahlner) Hayden, Blomster, Maggs, P.C.Silva, M.J.Stanhope & J.R.Waaland 2003

General environment
This is a Marine species.

Common names

(as Ulva linza Linnaeus)
English: Slender sea lettuce (Chapman & Chapman 1980), Doubled Ribbon Weed (Bunker et al. 2010).

(as Enteromorpha procera K.Ahlner)
Swedish: Fingrenig tarmalg (Tolstoy & Österlund 2003).

(as Enteromorpha linza (Linnaeus) J.Agardh)
Chinese: Hai-cai (Arasaki & Arasaki 1983).

Japanese: Usuba-awonori (Tokida 1954), Usaba-aonori (Arasaki & Arasaki 1983).

Distribution by country

Type information
Type locality: In Oceano (Linnaeus 1753: 1163). Lectotype: Dillenius (1742: pl. 9: fig. 6) (epitype) OXF Tremella marina fasciata (Hayden et al. 2003: 289). Notes: Hayden et al. (2003: 289) list the type locality as Sheerness, Kent, England.

Detailed distribution with sources
(as Ulva linza var. lanceolata Kützing)
Europe: Britain (Newton 1931).

(as Ulva linza var. angusta Kützing)
Europe: Britain (Newton 1931).

(as Ulva linza Linnaeus)
Europe: Britain (Hayden & Waaland 2004, Stanley et al 2005, Brodie et al. 2007), Bulgaria (Berov et al. 2012), France (Loiseaux-de Goër & Noailles 2008, Anon. 2012), Greece (Christia et al. 2011), Ireland (Guiry 2012), Portugal (Araujo et al. 2009), Romania (Caraus 2012), Spain (Gorostiaga et al., 2004, Bárbara et al. 2005, Cires Rodriguez & Cuesta Moliner 2010, Hernández et al. 2010), Turkey (Europe) (Taskin et al. 2008 ), Veneto (Sfriso, A.).

Atlantic Islands: Canary Islands (John et al. 2004, Anon 2011), Salvage Islands (John et al. 2004).

North America: Alaska (Lindeberg & Lindstrom 2010), British Columbia (Saunders & Kucera 2010), California (Miller 2012), Connecticut (Van Patten 2009), Florida (Littler, Littler & Hanisak 2008).

Central America: Baja California (Norris 2010), México (Pacific) (Pedroche et al. 2005).

Caribbean Islands: Cuba (Suárez 2005).

Western Atlantic: Trop. & Subtrop. W. Atlantic (Wynne 2011).

South America: Brazil (Moura 2010), Galápagos Islands (Ruiz & Ziemmeck 2011).

Africa: Angola (John et al. 2004), Gabon (John et al. 2004), Ghana (John et al. 2004), Namibia (John et al. 2004).

South-west Asia: Israel (Hoffman 2004), Turkey (Asia) (Taskin et al. 2008 ).

Asia: China (Jin et al. 2005, Ying et al. 2011), Japan (Kraft et al. 2010), Korea (Bae 2010), Russia (Titlyanov & Titlyanov 2012), Taiwan (Anon. 2012).

Australia and New Zealand: Chatham Islands (Heesch et al. 2009), New Zealand (Chapman 1956, Broady et al. 2012), South Australia (Kraft et al. 2010).

(as Enteromorpha procera K.Ahlner)
Europe: Italy (Furnari, Cormaci & Serio 1999).

Atlantic Islands: Madeira (Neto, Cravo & Haroun 2001).

Asia: Commander Islands (Selivanova & Zhigadlova 1997), Kamchatka (Klochkova, Korolyova & Kusidi 2009).

Australia and New Zealand: Australia (Silva, Basson & Moe 1996), Queensland (Bostock & Holland 2010).

Pacific Islands: Federated States of Micronesia (Lobban & Tsuda 2003).

(as Enteromorpha linza (Linnaeus) J.Agardh)
Arctic: Canada (Arctic) (Lee 1980).

Ireland: Antrim (Adams 1907, Guiry 1978, Morton 1994), Clare (Pybus 1977, Guiry 1978, De Valéra et al. 1979), Cork (Guiry 1978), Derry (Morton 1994), Donegal (Guiry 1978, Morton 2003), Down (Morton 1974, Guiry 1978, Morton 1994), Dublin (Guiry 1978), Galway (Guiry 1978), Mayo (Cotton 1912, Guiry 1978), Wexford (Cotton 1913, Norton 1970, Guiry 1978).

Atlantic Islands: Azores (Neto 1994, Tittley & Neto 1994), Bermuda (Taylor 1957, Taylor 1960), Canary Islands (Børgesen 1926, Gil-Rodríguez & Afonso-Carrillo 1980, Haroun et al. 2002, Gil-Rodríguez et al. 2003, Anon 2011), Iceland (Caram & Jónsson 1972), Madeira (Neto, Cravo & Haroun 2001), Salvage Islands (Audiffred & Weisscher 1984).

North America: Alaska (Scagel et al. 1989), British Columbia (Scagel et al. 1989), California (Abbott & Hollenberg 1976, Silva 1979), Florida (Dawes 1974), Georgia (Schneider & Searles 1991), Maine (Mathieson et al. 2001), New Hampshire (Mathieson & Hehre 1986), North Carolina (Taylor 1960, Schneider & Searles 1991), Oregon (Hansen 1997), Quebec (Taylor 1957), South Carolina (Taylor 1957, Taylor 1960, Schneider & Searles 1991), Virginia (Humm 1979), Washington (Scagel et al. 1989).

Caribbean Islands: Cuba (Taylor 1960), Jamaica (Taylor 1960), Lesser Antilles (Taylor 1969).

South America: Argentina (Boraso de Zaixso 2004, Boraso & Zaixso 2011), Brazil (Taylor 1930, Joly 1957, Taylor 1960, Joly 1965, Oliveira Filho 1977), Chile (Taylor 1939, Santelices 1989, Ramírez & Santelices 1991, Hoffmann & Santelices 1997), Peru (Ramírez & Santelices 1991), Uruguay (Coll & Oliveira 1999), Venezuela (Ganesan 1990).

Africa: Algeria (Gallardo et al. 1993), Egypt (Aleem 1993, Gallardo et al. 1993), Gabon (Lawson & John 1987, John, Lawson & Ameka, 2003), Ghana (Lawson & John 1987, John, Lawson & Ameka, 2003), Libya (Gallardo et al. 1993), Madagascar (Silva, Basson & Moe 1996), Mauritius (Silva, Basson & Moe 1996), Morocco (Dangeard 1949, Gil-Rodriguez & Socorro Hernández 1986, Gallardo et al. 1993, Benhissoune, Boudouresque & Verlaque 2001, Benhissoune, Boudouresque & Verlaque 2001), Namibia (Rull Lluch 2002), South Africa (Stegenga, Bolton & Anderson 1997), Tunisia (Meñez & Mathieson 1981, Ben Maiz, Boudouresque & Quahchi 1987, Gallardo et al. 1993).

Indian Ocean Islands: Laccadive Islands (Silva, Basson & Moe 1996), Seychelles (Silva, Basson & Moe 1996), St. Paul Island (Silva, Basson & Moe 1996).

South-west Asia: India (Silva, Basson & Moe 1996, Sahoo et al. 2001), Iran (Sohrabipour & Rabii 1999), Israel (Nemlich & Danin 1964, Einav 2007), Levant states (Gallardo et al. 1993).

Asia: China (Tseng 1984, Zeng 2009, Wang 2012), Commander Islands (Selivanova & Zhigadlova 1997), Japan (Okamura 1936, Segawa 1981, Yoshida, Nakajima & Nakata 1990, Yoshida 1998, Shimada et al. 2003), Kamchatka (Klochkova, Korolyova & Kusidi 2009), Korea (Lee & Kang 2001, Lee 2008), Russia (Perestenko 1980, Kozhenkova 2009), Taiwan (Huang 2000).

Australia and New Zealand: New Zealand (Adams 1994), Queensland (Phillips 1997, Phillips 2002, Bostock & Holland 2010), South Australia (Womersley 1984), Victoria (Womersley 1984).

Pacific Islands: Fiji (N'Yeurt, South & Keats 1996, South & Skelton 2003), Hawaiian Islands (Abbott & Huisman, 2004).

Antarctic and the subantarctic islands: Antarctica/Subantarctic Islands (Papenfuss 1964).

(as Enteromorpha ahlneriana Bliding)
Europe: Adriatic (Giaccone 1978, Gallardo et al. 1993), Baltic Sea (Nielsen et al. 1995), Black Sea (Gallardo et al. 1993), Bulgaria (Dimitrova-Konaklieva 1981), France (Gallardo et al. 1993, Dizerbo & Herpe 2007), Greece (Gallardo et al. 1993), Romania (Caraus 2002), Spain (Ballesteros 1984, Gallardo et al. 1985, Gallardo et al. 1993), Sweden (Kylin 1949).

Atlantic Islands: Iceland (Munda 1979), Madeira (Levring 1974).

South America: Argentina (Boraso de Zaixso 2004).

Australia and New Zealand: Queensland (Phillips 1997, Phillips 2002, Bostock & Holland 2010).

(as Ulva procera (K.Ahlner) Hayden, Blomster, Maggs, P.C.Silva, M.J.Stanhope & J.R.Waaland)
Europe: Finland (Hayden & Waaland 2004), Turkey (Europe) (Taskin et al. 2008 ).

Atlantic Islands: Madeira (John et al. 2004).

North America: British Columbia (Saunders & Kucera 2010), Maine (Saunders & Kucera 2010), New Brunswick (Saunders & Kucera 2010).

Africa: Ghana (John et al. 2004).

South-west Asia: Turkey (Asia) (Taskin et al. 2008 ).

Asia: Japan (Hayden & Waaland 2004), Kamchatka (Selivanova & Zhigadlova 2009).

Australia and New Zealand: New Zealand (Heesch et al. 2009, Broady et al. 2012), Tasmania (Kirkendale et al. 2013), Victoria (Kirkendale et al. 2013).

Key references
Bae, H.B. (2010). Ulotrichales, Ulvales. In: Algal flora of Korea. Volume 1, Number 1. Chlorophyta: Ulvophyceae: Ulotrichales, Ulvales, Cladophorales, Bryopsidales. Marine green algae. (Bae, E.H., Kim, H.-S., Kwon, C.-J., Hwang, I.-K., Kiim, G.H. & Klochkova, T.A. Eds), pp. 7-52. Incheon: National Institute of Biological Resources.

Braune, W. (2008). Meeresalgen. Ein Farbbildführer zu den verbreiteten benthischen Grün- Braun- und Rotalgen der Weltmeere. pp. [1]-596, pls 1-266 (colour photographs). Ruggell: A.R.G. Gantner Verlag.

Brodie, J., Maggs, C.A. & John, D.M. (2007). Green seaweeds of Britain and Ireland. pp. [i-v], vi-xii, 1-242, 101 figs. London: British Phycological Society.

Burova, O.V., Tsarenko, P.M., Kovalenko, O.V., Mikhailyuk, T.I., Petlovany, O.A., Lilitska, G.G. & Bilous, O.P. (2011). Ulvophyceae. In: Algae of Ukraine: diversity, nomenclature, taxonomy, ecology and geography. Volume 3: Chlorophyta. (Tsarenko, P.M., Wasser, S.P. & Nevo, E. Eds), pp. 20-61. Ruggell: A.R.A. Gantner Verlag K.-G.

Dawes, C.J. & Mathieson, A.C. (2008). The seaweeds of Florida. pp. [i]- viii, [1]-591, [592], pls I-LI. Gainesville, Florida: University Press of Florida.

Hayden, H.S. & Waaland, J.R. (2004). A molecular systematic study of Ulva (Ulvaceae, Ulvales) from the northeast Pacific. Phycologia 43: 364-382.

Hayden, H.S., Blomster, J., Maggs, C.A., Silva, P.C., Stanhope, M.J. & Waaland, J.R. (2003). Linnaeus was right all along: Ulva and Enteromorpha are not distinct genera. European Journal of Phycology 38: 277-294.

Kirkendale, L., Saunders, G.W. & Winberg, P. (2013). A molecular survey of Ulva (Chlorophyta) in temperate Australia reveals enhanced levels of cosmopolitanism. Journal of Phycology 49(1): 69-81.

Lindeberg, M.R. & Lindstrom, S.C. (2010). Field guide to the seaweeds of Alaska. pp. [i-]iii-iv, 1-188, numerous col. photographs. Fairbanks: Alaska Sea Grant College Program.

Loiseaux-de Goër, S. & Noailles, M.-C. (2008). Algues de Roscoff. pp. [1]-215, col. figs. Roscoff: Editions de la Station Biologique de Roscoff.

Norris, J.N. (2010). Marine algae of the Northern Gulf of California: Chlorophyta and Phaeophyceae. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 94: i-x, 1-276.

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.

Smith, G.M. (1944). Marine algae of the Monterey Peninsula. pp. i-ix, 1-622, 98 pls. Stanford: Stanford University Press.

Spencer, M.A., Irvine, L.M. & Jarvis, C.E. (2009). Typification of Linnaean names relevant to algal nomenclature. Taxon 58: 237-260.

Titlyanov, E.A. & Titlyanov, T.V. (2012). Marine plants of the Asian Pacific Region countries, their use and cultivation. pp. [1]-376, many col. photographs. Vladivostok: Dalnauka & A.V. Zhirmunsky Institute of Marine Biology Far East Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences.

SAG Cultures
SAG Cultures may be viewed at http://sagdb.uni-goettingen.de/showstrains.php?genus=Ulva&species=linza

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=linza

NCBI Nucleotide Sequences

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Verified by: 16 May 2013 by Wendy 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.)

Jin, Q., Dong, S. & Wang, C. 2005 (2005). Allelopathic growth inhibition of Prorocentrum micans (Dinophyta) by Ulva pertusa and Ulva linza (Chlorophyta) in laboratory cultures. European Journal of Phycology 40: 31-37.
Stanley, M.S., Perry, R.M. & Callow, J.A. (2005). Analysis of expressed sequence tags from the green alga Ulva linza (Chlorophyta). Journal of Phycology 48: 1219-1226.
Ying, C.-Q., Yin, S.-J., Shen, Y., Lin, S.-J. & He, P.-M. (2011). Cloning and analysis of the full-length Rubisco large subunit (rbcL) cDNA from Ulva linza (Chlorophyceae, Chlorophyta). Botanica Marina 54(3): 303-312.

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