Ulvaria splendens (Ruprecht) Vinogradova
Publication details
Ulvaria splendens (Ruprecht) Vinogradova 1979: 109
Original publication: Vinogradova, K.L. (1979). Opredelitel' vodoroslej dal'nevostochnykh morej SSSR. Selenye vodorosli [Determination book of the algae of the far-eastern seas of the USSR. Green algae]. pp. 1-148 [-148], 67 figs, XVIII plates. Leningrad: Akademiya Nauk SSSR, Botanicheskij Institut im. V.L. Komarova.
Type species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Ulvaria is Ulva fusca Postels & Ruprecht.
Status of name
This name is currently regarded as a taxonomic synonym of Ulvaria fusca (Wittrock) Vinogradova
Basionym
Ulva splendens Ruprecht
Type information
Type locality: Alaska: western Aleutian Islands (Silva 1996-to date).
Origin of species name
Participle B (Latin), splendid, shining, gleaming, brilliant (Stearn 1973).
Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Ulva fusca Postels & Ruprecht 1840
Monostroma fuscum Wittrock 1866
Monostroma fuscum var. splendens (Ruprecht) Rosenvinge 1893
Ulvaria fusca (Wittrock) Vinogradova 1967
General environment
This is a Marine species.
Common names
(as Monostroma fuscum Wittrock)
Japanese: Kuro-hitoegusa (Tokida 1954).
(as Monostroma fuscum var. splendens (Ruprecht) Rosenvinge)
Japanese: O-hitoegusa (Tokida 1954).
Distribution by country
Detailed distribution with sources
(as Monostroma fuscum Wittrock)
Ireland: Antrim (Hanna 1902, Adams 1907, Guiry 1978), Cork (Guiry 1978), Donegal (Guiry 1978), Down (Guiry 1978).
Europe: Britain (Batters 1902, Newton 1931), Faroe Islands (Irvine 1982), France (Dizerbo & Herpe 2007), Ireland (Guiry 1978), Spain (Margalef 1950a), Sweden (Kylin 1907, Kylin 1949).
North America: Alaska (Lindstrom 1977), British Columbia (Scagel 1957), Washington (Scagel 1957).
South America: Chile (Ramírez & Santelices 1991).
Asia: Japan (Okamura 1936).
(as Monostroma fuscum var. splendens (Ruprecht) Rosenvinge)
North America: Alaska (Lindstrom 1977), British Columbia (Scagel 1957), Washington (Scagel 1957).
(as Ulvaria fusca (Wittrock) Vinogradova)
Europe: Baltic Sea (Nielsen et al. 1995), Britain (Hardy & Guiry 2003, Brodie et al. 2007).
North America: California (Miller 2012).
Asia: Japan (Yoshida 1998, Shimada et al. 2003), Korea (Lee & Kang 2001).
(as Ulvaria splendens (Ruprecht) Vinogradova)
Europe: France (Anon. 2012), Ireland (Guiry 2012).
Atlantic Islands: Greenland (Pedersen 2011).
Asia: Commander Islands (Selivanova & Zhigadlova 1997), Kamchatka (Selivanova & Zhigadlova 2009 
, Klochkova, Korolyova & Kusidi 2009), Russia (Perestenko 1980, Kozhenkova 2009).
Nomenclatural notes
Selivanova & Zhigadlova (2009: 325) note that Ulvaria splendens Ruprecht is widely known under the name Ulvaria fusca (Postels & Ruprecht) Ruprecht emend. Vinogradova (1967: 115) but add that in her later work, Vinogradova (1974), with reference to Bliding (1968), stated that the name U. fusca was illegal and accordingly, the correct name for this species should be U. splendens Ruprecht (Vinogradova 1974). They note that this opinion is shared by most Russian phycologists. Brodie et al. (2007: 103) cite Ulvaria fusca Ruprecht 1850: 218 (presumably nom. nov.; see Bliding, 1968: 582). - (7 Apr 2010) - Wendy Guiry
Key references
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.
Klochkova, N.G., Korolyova, T.N. & Kusidi, A.E. (2009). [Atlas of algae-macrophytes Kamchatka waters. Vol 1. Green algae and brown algae]. pp. 1-216. Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky: KamchatNIRO Press.
Pedersen, P.M. (2011). Grønlands havalger. pp. [1] 7-208. Copenhagen: Forlaget Epsilon.DK.
Selivanova, O.N. & Zhigadlova, G.G. (2009). Marine benthic algae of the South Kamchatka state wildlife sanctuary (Kamchatka, Russia). Botanica Marina 52(4): 317-329.
SAG Cultures
SAG Cultures may be viewed at http://sagdb.uni-goettingen.de/showstrains.php?genus=Ulvaria&species=splendens
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=Ulvaria&Species=splendens
Created: 08 May 1999 by M.D. Guiry
Verified by: 14 March 2013 by M.D. Guiry
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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 18 May 2013.
Algaebase taxon LSID: urn:lsid:algaebase.org:taxname:92664
