Ulva pilifera (Kützing) Škaloud & Leliaert 2018
Publication Details
Ulva pilifera (Kützing) Škaloud & Leliaert 2018: 68, fig. 35
Published in: Škaloud, P., Rindi, F., Boedeker, C. & Leliaert, F. (2018). Süßwasserflora von Mitteleuropa. Freshwater flora of central Europe: Chlorophyta V: Ulvophyceae. Vol. 13 pp. [i]-vii, [1]-288, 182 figures. Berlin: Springer Spektrum.
Publication date: 21 February 2018
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
Enteromorpha pilifera Kützing
Type Information
Type locality: Tennstedt, Thüringen, Germany; (Silva & al. 1996: 733)
Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), bearing hairs (Stearn 1983).
General Environment
This is a freshwater species.
Created: 14 March 2018 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 18 November 2023
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Taxonomic note
"This taxon has been frequently regarded as subspecies of U. flexuosa. However, molecular data (Mares et al. 2011, Rybak et al. 2014), breeding experiments (Rybak 2015), and habitat preferences warrants its recognition as a distinct species, U. pilifera." (Skaloud et al. 2018: 68). - (14 March 2018) - M.D. Guiry
Habitat note
Euryhaline, primarily freshwater species, occurring in a wide variety of flowing and stagnant waters. It prefers highly oxygenated, alkaline, and
eutrophic waters, with high levels of sulphates, and in mildly brackish habitats. - (14 March 2018) - M.D. Guiry
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 18 November 2023. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 15 June 2025
