Ulva prolifera O.F.Müller

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).

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Ulva prolifera O.F.Müller Peter the Great Bay, Russia

Publication details
Ulva prolifera O.F.Müller 1778: 7, pl. DCCLXIII: fig. 1

Original publication: Müller, O.F. (1778). Flroa danica. Vol. 5, fasc. 13 pp. 8, Plates 721-780. Havniae [Copenhagen].

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), producing offsets, bearing progeny as offshoots (Stearn 1973).

Homotypic Synonym(s)
Ulva enteromorpha f. prolifera (O.F.Müller) Van Heurck
Ulva compressa var. prolifera (O.F.Müller) C.Agardh 1823
Enteromorpha compressa var. prolifera (O.F.Müller) Greville 1830
Enteromorpha prolifera (O.F.Müller) J.Agardh 1883

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Enteromorpha salina Kützing 1845
Enteromorpha salina var. polyclados Kützing 1845
Enteromorpha compressa var. trichodes Kützing 1845
Enteromorpha polyclados (Kützing) Kützing 1856

General environment
This is a Marine species.

Common names

(as Enteromorpha prolifera (O.F.Müller) J.Agardh)
Chinese: Tai-tiao (Arasaki & Arasaki 1983).

Hawaiian: Limu 'Ele'ele, Hulu'ilio (Abbott 1984).

Japanese: Suji-awnori (Tokida 1954), Suji-aonori (Arasaki & Arasaki 1983).

Swedish: Spretig tarmalg (Tolstoy & Österlund 2003).

Type information
Type locality: "U. p. tubulosa simplex teres, adultior compressiuscula. In fossa ad Nebbelund Lalandiae" [Lolland, Denmark] Notes: Womersley (1984; 156, 157) reports that the type is from Lolland, Denmark and that it has been lost. Lolland Island, Denmark (O'Kelly et al. 2010).

Detailed distribution with sources
(as Ulva prolifera O.F.Müller)
Arctic: Svalbard (Fredriksen & Kile 2012, Hop et al. 2012).

Europe: Britain (Hayden & Waaland 2004, Brodie et al. 2007), Bulgaria (Berov et al. 2012), France (Anon. 2012), Greece (Christia et al. 2011), Ireland (Guiry 2012), Portugal (Araujo et al. 2009), Romania (Caraus 2012), Slovenia (Rindi & Battelli 2005), Spain (Gorostiaga et al., 2004, Bárbara et al. 2005, Diaz-Tapia & Bárbara 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), Madeira (John et al. 2004).

North America: Alaska (Lindeberg & Lindstrom 2010), California (Hayden & Waaland 2004, Miller 2012), Florida (Littler, Littler & Hanisak 2008), Maine (Saunders & Kucera 2010), Manitoba (Saunders & Kucera 2010), New Brunswick (Saunders & Kucera 2010), Newfoundland (Saunders & Kucera 2010), Oregon (Kraft et al. 2010), Texas (Wynne 2009), Washington (Hayden & Waaland 2004).

Central America: Costa Rica (Fernández-García et al. 2011), El Salvador (Fernández-García et al. 2011), Guatemala (Fernández-García et al. 2011), México (Pacific) (Pedroche et al. 2005), Panama (Fernández-García et al. 2011).

Caribbean Islands: Cuba (Suárez 2005).

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

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

Africa: Equatorial Guinea (John et al. 2004), Ghana (John et al. 2004), Mauritania (John et al. 2004), Namibia (John et al. 2004), Senegal (John et al. 2004, John et al. 2004), Western Sahara (John et al. 2004).

South-west Asia: Israel (Hoffman 2004), Sri Lanka (Coppejans et al. 2009), Turkey (Asia) (Taskin et al. 2008 ).

Asia: China (Titlyanov et al. 2011, Liu et al. 2012), Korea (Bae 2010).

Australia and New Zealand: New Zealand (Heesch et al. 2009, Broady et al. 2012).

Pacific Islands: American Samoa (Skelton et al. 2004).

(as Enteromorpha salina Kützing)
Europe: Romania (Caraus 2002, Caraus 2012).

Atlantic Islands: Bermuda (Taylor 1960).

North America: Florida (Taylor 1928, Taylor 1960), Louisiana (Taylor 1960).

Caribbean Islands: Bahamas (Taylor 1960).

South America: Chile (Ramírez & Santelices 1991).

Pacific Islands: Easter Island (Santelices & Abbott 1987).

(as Enteromorpha salina var. polyclados Kützing)
North America: Florida (Taylor 1928, Dawes 1974).

South America: Galápagos Islands (Taylor 1945, Ruiz & Ziemmeck 2011).

(as Enteromorpha prolifera (O.F.Müller) J.Agardh)
Arctic: Canada (Arctic) (Lee 1980).

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

Europe: Adriatic (Giaccone 1978, Munda 1979, Gallardo et al. 1993), Balearic Islands (Ribera Siguán 1983, Ribera Siguán & Gómez Garreta 1985, Gallardo et al. 1993), Baltic Sea (Nielsen et al. 1995), Black Sea (Gallardo et al. 1993), Britain (Newton 1931, Burrows 1991, Hardy & Guiry 2003, Whitton et al. 2003), Bulgaria (Dimitrova-Konaklieva 1981), Corsica (Gallardo et al. 1993), Denmark (Larsen & Sand-Jensen 2006), Faroe Islands (Irvine 1982, Nielsen & Gunnarsson 2001), France (Feldmann 1954, Gallardo et al. 1993, Coppejans 1995, Verlaque 2001, Dizerbo & Herpe 2007, Anon. 2012), Greece (Gerloff & Geissler 1974, Athanasiadis 1987, Gallardo et al. 1993), Helgoland (Bartsch & Kuhlenkamp 2000), Ireland (Cotton 1912, Pybus 1977, Guiry 1978, De Valéra et al. 1979, Burrows 1991, Morton 1994), Italy (Edwards et al. 1975, Gallardo et al. 1993, Gallardo et al. 1993, Cecere et al. 1996, Furnari, Cormaci & Serio 1999, Rindi, Sartoni & Cinelli 2002), Netherlands (Stegenga & Mol 1983, Stegenga, Kaaremans & Simons 2007), Portugal (Ardré 1970), Romania (Caraus 2002), Spain (Miranda 1931, Miranda 1934, Fischer-Piette, C. & Seoane Camba, J. (1962), Seoane-Camba 1965, Ballesteros & Romero 1982, Gallardo & Pérez-Cirera 1982, Ballesteros 1983, Gallardo et al. 1985, Alvárez Cobelas & Gallardo 1986, Soto & Conde 1989, Pérez-Ruzafa 1990, Conde, Flores-Moya & Vera 1990, Granja, Cremades & Barbara 1992, Barbara, Cremades & López Rodriguez 1992, Gallardo et al. 1993, Flores-Moya et al. 1994, Guillermes, Cremades & Pérez-Cirera 1994, Flores-Moya et al. 1995, Bárbara, Cremades & Pérez-Cirera 1995, Bárbara & Cremades 1996, Rodriguez-Prieto et al. 1997, Veiga, Cremades & Bárbara 1998, Cambra Sánchez, Álvarez Cobelas & Aboal Sanjurjo 1998, Calvo & Bárbara 2002, Peña & Bárbara 2002), Spitsbergen (Vinogradova 1995), Sweden (Kylin 1949), Turkey (Europe) (Güven & Öztig 1971, Gallardo et al. 1993).

Atlantic Islands: Azores (Neto 1994, Tittley & Neto 1994), Bermuda (Taylor 1957, Taylor 1960), Canary Islands (Gil-Rodríguez & Afonso-Carrillo 1980, Haroun et al. 2002, Gil-Rodríguez et al. 2003, Anon 2011), E. Greenland (Lund 1959, Pedersen 1976), Greenland (Pedersen 2011), Iceland (Caram & Jónsson 1972), Madeira (Levring 1974, Neto, Cravo & Haroun 2001, Haroun et al. 2002), Tristan da Cunha (Baardseth 1941).

North America: Alaska (Lindstrom 1977, Scagel et al. 1989), British Columbia (Scagel et al. 1989), California (Abbott & Hollenberg 1976, Silva 1979), Florida (Taylor 1928, Taylor 1960, Dawes 1974), Georgia (Schneider & Searles 1991), Gulf of California (Setchell & Gardner 1924, Dawson 1944), 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), Texas (Taylor 1960), Virginia (Humm 1979), Washington (Scagel et al. 1989).

Central America: Panama (Wysor 2004).

Caribbean Islands: Barbados (Taylor 1960), Caribbean (Littler & Littler 2000), Cuba (Taylor 1960), Jamaica (Taylor 1960), Lesser Antilles (Taylor 1960).

South America: Argentina (Boraso de Zaixso 2004, Boraso & Zaixso 2011), Brazil (Taylor 1930, Taylor 1960, Oliveira Filho 1977), Chile (Santelices 1989, Ramírez & Santelices 1991), Peru (Ramírez & Santelices 1991), Uruguay (Howe 1931, Coll & Oliveira 1999), Venezuela (Taylor 1960, Ganesan 1990).

Africa: Egypt (Aleem 1993), Equatorial Guinea (John, Lawson & Ameka, 2003), Ghana (Lawson & John 1987, John, Lawson & Ameka, 2003), Mauritius (Silva, Basson & Moe 1996), Morocco (Gallardo et al. 1993, Benhissoune, Boudouresque & Verlaque 2001, Benhissoune, Boudouresque & Verlaque 2001), Mozambique (Silva, Basson & Moe 1996), Namibia (Rull Lluch 2002), South Africa (Silva, Basson & Moe 1996, Stegenga, Bolton & Anderson 1997), Tanzania (Silva, Basson & Moe 1996), Tunisia (Meñez & Mathieson 1981, Ben Maiz, Boudouresque & Quahchi 1987, Gallardo et al. 1993).

Indian Ocean Islands: Laccadive Islands (Silva, Basson & Moe 1996), Maldives (Silva, Basson & Moe 1996), Réunion (Silva, Basson & Moe 1996).

South-west Asia: Bangladesh (Silva, Basson & Moe 1996), India (Silva, Basson & Moe 1996, Sahoo et al. 2001), Iraq (Silva, Basson & Moe 1996), Israel (Einav 2007), Kuwait (Silva, Basson & Moe 1996), Levant states (Gallardo et al. 1993), Pakistan (Silva, Basson & Moe 1996), Sri Lanka (Silva, Basson & Moe 1996).

Asia: China (Tseng 1984, Zeng 2009, Wang 2012), Commander Islands (Selivanova & Zhigadlova 1997), Japan (Okamura 1936, Segawa 1981, Yoshida, Nakajima & Nakata 1990, Yoshida 1998, Hiraoka 2003), Kamchatka (Klochkova, Korolyova & Kusidi 2009), Korea (Lee & Kang 2001, Lee 2008, Lee et al. 2011), Russia (Kozhenkova 2009), Taiwan (Huang 2000, Anon. 2012).

South-east Asia: Indonesia (Silva, Basson & Moe 1996), Philippines (Silva, Meñez & Moe 1987), Vietnam (Tsutsui et al. 2005, Tien 2007).

Australia and New Zealand: New South Wales (Millar & Kraft 1994), New Zealand (Adams 1994, Nelson & Phillips 1996), Queensland (Phillips 1997, Phillips 2002, Bostock & Holland 2010), South Australia (Womersley 1984), Tasmania (Womersley 1984), Victoria (Womersley 1984).

Pacific Islands: Federated States of Micronesia (Lobban & Tsuda 2003, Tsuda 2006), Fiji (N'Yeurt, South & Keats 1996, South & Skelton 2003), Hawaiian Islands (Abbott & Huisman, 2004), Samoan Archipelago (Skelton & South 1999).

Taxonomic notes
John et al. (2004) cite Enteromorpha torta (Mert.) Reinb. as a synonym of this species.

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.

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.

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.

Leliaert F., Zhang X., Ye N., Malta E.J., Engelen A.E., Mineur F., Verbruggen H. & De Clerck O. (2009). Identity of the Qingdao algal bloom. Phycological Research 57: 147-151.

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.

Pedroche, F.F., Silva, P.C., Aguilar-Rosas, L.E., Dreckmann, K.M. & Aguilar-Rosas, R. (2005). Catálogo de las algas marinas bentónicas del Pacífico de México. I. Chlorophycota. pp. i-viii, 17-146. Ensenada, México: Universidad Autónoma de Baja California.

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=prolifera

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=prolifera

NCBI Nucleotide Sequences

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Verified by: 16 May 2013 by Wendy Guiry

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