Enteromorpha compressa (Linnaeus) Nees

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

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Collected near Roscoff (F), December 1984. 29 Dec 2011. Elmar Wosnitza. © Christine Wosnitza.

Publication details
Enteromorpha compressa (Linnaeus) Nees 1820: Index (2)

Original publication: Nees, C.G. (1820). Horae physicae Berolinenses collectae ex symbolis virorum doctorum H. Linkii...; edicuravit Christianus Godof. Nees ab Esenbeck.. pp. [i-xii], 1-123, [4], 27 pls. Bonnae [Bonn]: Sumtibus Adolphi Marcus.
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Type species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Enteromorpha is Enteromorpha flexuosa (Wulfen) J.Agardh.

Status of name
This name is currently regarded as a taxonomic synonym of Ulva compressa Linnaeus

Basionym
Ulva compressa Linnaeus

Type information
Type locality: "Habitat in Europae mari & tectis maritimis" [Probably Bognor, Sussex, England] (Hayden et al. 2003: 289). Lectotype: Dillenius (1742: pl. 9: fig. 8) (epitype) OXF (Hayden et al. 2003: 289). Notes: Northern Europe (Lipkin & Silva 2002).

Origin of species name
Adjective (Latin), flattened, usually laterally (Stearn 1973).

Synonym(s)
No synonyms are currently included in AlgaeBase.

Common names

(as Enteromorpha compressa (Linnaeus) Nees)
Swedish: Tarmalg (Tolstoy & Österlund 2003).

Detailed distribution with sources
(as Enteromorpha compressa (Linnaeus) Nees)
Arctic: Canada (Arctic) (Taylor 1957, Lee 1980).

Ireland: Antrim (Dickie 1871, Adams 1907, McMillan & Morton 1979), Clare (Pybus 1977, De Valéra et al. 1979), Cork (Renouf 1931), Donegal (Morton 2003), Dublin (Sanders 1860), Galway (Pybus 1977), Louth (Synnott 1969), Mayo (Cotton 1912), Wexford (Cotton 1913, Norton 1970).

Europe: Adriatic (Giaccone 1978, Munda 1979, Ercegovic 1980, Gallardo et al. 1993), Balearic Islands (, Colmeiro, M. 1868, Rodríguez y Femenías 1889, Bellón 1921, Navarro & Bellón 1945, Gómez Garreta 1983, Ribera Siguán 1983, Ribera Siguán & Gómez Garreta 1985, Gallardo et al. 1993, Cambra Sánchez, Álvarez Cobelas & Aboal Sanjurjo 1998), Baltic Sea (Nielsen et al. 1995), Belgium (Coppejans 1995), Black Sea (Gallardo et al. 1993), Britain (Newton 1931, Hardy & Guiry 2003), Corsica (Gallardo et al. 1993), Faroe Islands (Irvine 1982, Nielsen & Gunnarsson 2001), France (Feldmann 1937, Feldmann 1954, Ben Maiz, Boudouresque, Lauret & Riouall 1988, Gallardo et al. 1993, Coppejans 1995, Verlaque 2001, Dizerbo & Herpe 2007, Anon. 2012), Greece (Gerloff & Geissler 1974, Haritonidis & Tsekos 1976, Tsekos & Haritonidis 1977, Athanasiadis 1987, Gallardo et al. 1993), Helgoland (Bartsch & Kuhlenkamp 2000), Ireland (Adams 1907, Cotton 1912, Cotton 1913, Pybus 1977, Guiry 1978, De Valéra et al. 1979), Italy (Giaccone 1969, Edwards et al. 1975, Cinelli et al. 1976, 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), Norway (Rueness 1997), Portugal (Ardré 1970), Romania (Caraus 2002), Spain (Lázaro Ibiza 1889, Sauvageau 1897, Hamel 1928, Miranda 1931, Bas 1949, Seoane-Camba 1965, Ballesteros 1981, Ballesteros & Romero 1982, Pérez-Cirera & Maldonado 1982, Barcelo & Seoane 1982, Gallardo & Pérez-Cirera 1982, Fernández & Niell 1982, Fernández, Niell & Anadón 1983, Anadón 1983, Sierra & Fernández 1984, Pérez-Ruzafa & Honrubia 1984, Gallardo et al. 1985, Alvárez Cobelas & Gallardo 1986, Aboal 1988b, Rodriguez Prieto & Polo Alberti 1988, Soto & Conde 1989, Fernández & Miyares 1989, Pérez-Ruzafa 1990, Fernández & Menéndez 1991, Granja, Cremades & Barbara 1992, Conde Poyales 1992, Gallardo et al. 1993, Flores-Moya et al. 1995, Bárbara & Cremades 1996, Rodríguez-Prieto & Polo, L. 1996, Rodriguez-Prieto et al. 1997, Veiga, Cremades & Bárbara 1998, Cambra Sánchez, Álvarez Cobelas & Aboal Sanjurjo 1998, Rodriguez-Prieto & Polo Albertí 1998, Peña & Bárbara 2002), Spitsbergen (Vinogradova 1995), Sweden (Kylin 1907, Kylin 1949), Turkey (Europe) (Güven & Öztig 1971, Güner, Aysel, Sukatar & Öztürk 1985, Cirik, Zeybeck, Aysel & Cirik 1990, Gallardo et al. 1993).

Atlantic Islands: Azores (Neto 1994), Bermuda (Taylor 1960), Canary Islands (Børgesen 1926, Gil-Rodríguez & Afonso-Carrillo 1980, Guadalupe et al. 1995, Haroun et al. 2002, Aldanondo-Aristizábal, Domínguez-Alvarez & Gil-Rodríguez 2003, Gil-Rodríguez et al. 2003, Anon 2011), Cape Verde Islands (Prud'homme van Reine, Haroun & Kostermans 2005), E. Greenland (Pedersen 1976), Iceland (Caram & Jónsson 1972), Madeira (Levring 1974, Neto, Cravo & Haroun 2001, Haroun et al. 2002), Salvage Islands (Audiffred & Weisscher 1984, Parente et al. 2000).

North America: Alaska (Lindstrom 1977, Scagel et al. 1989), British Columbia (Scagel et al. 1989), California (Abbott & Hollenberg 1976, Silva 1979), Florida (Taylor 1960, Dawes 1974), Georgia (Schneider & Searles 1991), Gulf of California (Setchell & Gardner 1924, Dawson 1944), New Hampshire (Mathieson & Hehre 1986), New Jersey (Taylor 1957), North Carolina (Schneider & Searles 1991), Oregon (Hansen 1997), Quebec (Taylor 1957), South Carolina (Schneider & Searles 1991), Virginia (Humm 1979), Washington (Scagel et al. 1989).

Caribbean Islands: Barbados (Taylor 1960), Caribbean (Littler & Littler 2000), Lesser Antilles (Taylor 1960), Martinique (Rodríguez-Prieto, Michanek & Ivon 1999), Puerto Rico (Taylor 1960).

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

Africa: Algeria (Gallardo et al. 1993), Egypt (Papenfuss 1968, Aleem 1993, Gallardo et al. 1993), Eritrea (Lipkin & Silva 2002), Ethiopia (Papenfuss 1968), Kenya (Silva, Basson & Moe 1996), Libya (Gallardo et al. 1993), Mauritius (Børgesen 1940, Børgesen 1946, Silva, Basson & Moe 1996), Morocco (Dangeard 1949, Gallardo et al. 1993, Benhissoune, Boudouresque & Verlaque 2001, Benhissoune, Boudouresque & Verlaque 2001), Mozambique (Silva, Basson & Moe 1996), South Africa (Silva, Basson & Moe 1996, Stegenga, Bolton & Anderson 1997), Sudan (Papenfuss 1968), Tunisia (Meñez & Mathieson 1981, Ben Maiz, Boudouresque & Quahchi 1987, Gallardo et al. 1993).

Indian Ocean Islands: Andaman Islands (Silva, Basson & Moe 1996), Christmas Island (Silva, Basson & Moe 1996), Maldives (Silva, Basson & Moe 1996), Nicobar Islands (Silva, Basson & Moe 1996), Rodrigues Island (Silva, Basson & Moe 1996).

South-west Asia: Bahrain (Silva, Basson & Moe 1996), Bangladesh (Silva, Basson & Moe 1996), India (Silva, Basson & Moe 1996, Sahoo et al. 2001), Iran (Silva, Basson & Moe 1996, Sohrabipour & Rabii 1999), Iraq (Silva, Basson & Moe 1996), Israel (Nemlich & Danin 1964, Einav 2007), Jordan (Papenfuss 1968), Kuwait (Silva, Basson & Moe 1996), Levant states (Gallardo et al. 1993), Pakistan (Silva, Basson & Moe 1996), Saudi Arabia (Papenfuss 1968), Sri Lanka (Silva, Basson & Moe 1996), Yemen (Papenfuss 1968, Silva, Basson & Moe 1996).

Asia: China (Tseng 1984, Zeng 2009), Japan (Okamura 1936, Segawa 1981, Yoshida, Nakajima & Nakata 1990, Yoshida 1998, Shimada et al. 2003, Titlyanov et al 2006), Korea (Lee & Kang 2001, Lee 2008), Taiwan (Huang 2000).

South-east Asia: Indonesia (Verheij & Prud'homme van Reine 1993, Silva, Basson & Moe 1996), Malaysia (Silva, Basson & Moe 1996), Myanmar (Burma) (Silva, Basson & Moe 1996), Philippines (Silva, Meñez & Moe 1987), Vietnam (Tsutsui et al. 2005, Tien 2007).

Australia and New Zealand: Lord Howe Island (Kraft 2000), New South Wales (Millar & Kraft 1994), New Zealand (Adams 1994, Nelson & Phillips 1996), Papua New Guinea (Coppejans et al. 2001), Queensland (Lewis 1987, Phillips 1997, Phillips 2002, Bostock & Holland 2010), South Australia (Womersley 1984), Tasmania (Day et al. 1995), Victoria (Day et al. 1995), Western Australia (Huisman & Walker 1990, Huisman & Borowitzka 2003).

Pacific Islands: Easter Island (Santelices & Abbott 1987), Federated States of Micronesia (Lobban & Tsuda 2003), Fiji (N'Yeurt, South & Keats 1996, South & Skelton 2003), Hawaiian Islands (Abbott & Huisman, 2004, Sherwood 2004), Mariana Islands (Tsuda 2003), Samoan Archipelago (Skelton & South 1999).

Antarctic and the subantarctic islands: Antarctica/Subantarctic Islands (Papenfuss 1964, Wiencke & Clayton 2002), South Shetland Islands (Wiencke & Clayton 2002).

Taxonomic notes
According to Burrows (1991) this species is a synonym of Enteromorpha intestinalis (Linnaeus) Link.

Nomenclatural notes
Nomenclature explained in Silva et al. (1996).

Key references
Burrows, E.M. (1991). Seaweeds of the British Isles. Volume 2. Chlorophyta. pp. [i]-xi, [1]-238, 60 figs, 9 pls. London: Natural History Museum Publications.

Ding, L. & Luan, R. (2013). Flora algarum marinarum sinicarum Tomus IV Chlorophyta No. I Ulotrichales Chaetophorales, Phaeophilales Ulvales Acrosiphoniales. pp. [i]-xxi, 1-173, pls I-VI. Beijing: Science Press.

Funk, G. (1955). Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Meeresalgen von Neapel: Zugleich mikrophotographischer Atlas. Pubblicazioni della Stazione Zoologica di Napoli 25(Suppl.): i-x , 1- 178, 36 figs.

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.

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.

Shimada, S., Hiraoka, M., Nabata, S., Lima, M. & Masuda, M. (2003). Molecular phylogenetic analyses of the Japanese Ulva and Enteromorpha (Ulvales, Ulvophyceae), with special reference to the free-floating Ulva. Phycological Research 51(2): 99-108.

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

Zemke-White, W.L. & Ohno, M. (1999). World seaweed utilisation: an end-of-century summary. Journal of Applied Phycology 11: 369-376.

UTEX Cultures
UTEX Culture LB 2050 Enteromorpha compressa
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SAG Cultures
SAG Cultures may be viewed at http://sagdb.uni-goettingen.de/showstrains.php?genus=Enteromorpha&species=compressa

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=Enteromorpha&Species=compressa

NCBI Nucleotide Sequences

Created: 31 March 1996 by M.D. Guiry

Verified by: 20 May 2013 by M.D. 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.)

Beer, S. & Shragge, B. (1987). Photosynthetic carbon metabolism in Enteromorpha compressa (Chlorophyta). Journal of Phycology 23: 580-584, 4 figs, 3 tables.
Bliding, C. (1948). &üml;ber Enteromorpha intestinalis and compressa. Botaniska Notiser 1948: 123-136.
Blomster, J., Maggs, C.A. & Stanhope, M.J. (1998). Molecular and morphological analysis of Enteromorpha intestinalis and E. compressa (Chlorophyta) in the British Isles. Journal of Phycology 34: 319-340.
Kim, K.Y. & Lee, I.K. (1992). Phenology of marine Enteromorpha compressa (L.) Greville (Ulvales, Chlorophyceae) growing along tidal levels. Korean Journal of Botany 35: 69-75.
Kim, K.Y. & Lee, I.K. (1994). Morphological differences among the populations of Enteromorpha compressa (L.) Greville (Chlorophyceae) due to environmental factors. Korean Journal of Phycology 9(1): 29-35, 1 fig, 6 tables.
Kim, M.-K. & Lee, H.-W. (1998). Changes in B-carotene content in fresh and dry thalli of Undaria pinnatifida and Enteromorpha compressa from Korea. Algae 13(1): 151-155, 5 figs, 1 table.
Kuwano, K., Sakurai, R., Motozu, Y., Kitade, Y. & Saga, N. (2008). Diurnal cell division regulated by Gating, the G,/S transition in Enteromorpha Compressa (Chlorophyta). Journal of Phycology 44: 364-373.
Lahaye, M. & Jegou, D. (1993). Chemical and physical-chemical characteristics of dietary fibres from Ulva lactuca (L.) Thuret and Enteromorpha compressa (L.) Grev.. Journal of Applied Phycology 5: 195-200.
Larsen, J. (1981). Crossing experiments with Enteromorpha intestinalis and E. compressa from different European localities. Nordic Journal of Botany 1: 128-136.
Niemann, D.I. & Dörffling, K. (1980). Growth-inhibitors and growth-promoters in Enteromorpha compressa (Chlorophyta). Journal of Phycology 16: 383-389, 8 figs.
Percival, E. (1964). Polysaccharides of the green seaweeds, Ulva lactuca and Enteromorpha compressa. Proceedings of the International Seaweed Symposium 4: 360-365.
Silva, M.W.R.N. de & Burrows, E.M. (1973). An experimental assessment of the status of the species Entermorpha intestinalis (L.) Link and Enteromorpha compressa (L.) Grev. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 53: 895-904.

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