Ulva dichotoma Hudson 1762
Classification:
Empire Eukaryota
Kingdom Plantae
Subkingdom Viridiplantae
Infrakingdom Chlorophyta infrakingdom
Phylum Chlorophyta
Subphylum Chlorophytina
Class Ulvophyceae
Order Ulvales
Family Ulvaceae
Genus Ulva
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prés du Loup, Roscoff, Bretagne, France; iridescent plants with Chondrus crispus and Zostera. 05 Jun 2016. Susan de Goer. © Susan de Goer
Spiddal, Co. Galway, Ireland; with blue iridescence. 19 Jun 2020. M.D. Guiry. © M.D. Guiry.
subtidal with Chylocladia verticillata, A Coruña, Galicia, Spain, 2015. Ignacio Bárbara. © Ignacio Bárbara (barbara@udc.es).
iridescent algae, prés du rocher du Loup, Roscoff, France. 05 Jun 2016. S. Loiseaux-de Goër. © S. Loiseaux-de Goër.
Cabo de Palos, Murcia, Spain. 10 Aug 2014. Isabel Rubio Perez "
. © marmenormarmayor.es.
Peter the Great Bay, Russia. 27 Mar 2012. Oksana Belous. © Oksana Belous (ksu_bio@mail.ru).
Peter the Great Bay, Russia. 27 Mar 2012. Oksana Belous. © Oksana Belous (ksu_bio@mail.ru).
1. Habit. 2. Branching pattern. 3. Low intertidal (Nhatrang Bay, Vietnam).. 09 Mar 2012. Eduard and Tamara Titlyanova. © Eduard and Tamara Titlyanova (etitlyanov@mail.ru).
Collected near Roscoff (F), December 1984. 29 Dec 2011. Elmar Wosnitza. © Christine Wosnitza.
South of Portugal, 2010. 24 Oct 2011. Ignacio Bárbara. © Ignacio Bárbara (barbara@udc.es).
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Dictyota dichotoma (Hudson) J.V.Lamouroux South of Portugal, 2010
© Ignacio Bárbara (barbara@udc.es)
Publication details
Ulva dichotoma Hudson 1762: 476
Published in: Hudson, [W.] (1762). Flora anglica; exhibens plantas per regnum angliae sponte crescentes, distributas secundum systema sexuale: cum differentiis specierum, synonymis auctorum, nominibus incolarum, solo locorum, tempore florendi, ofììcinalibus pharmacopoeorum. pp. [i]-viii, [1- 8], 1-506, [1-22, ind.]. Londini [London]: Impensis auctoris: Prostant venales apud J. Nourse in the Strand, et C. Moran in Covent-Garden. Download PDF
Publication date: Jan-Jun 1762
Type species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Ulva is Ulva lactuca Linnaeus.
Status of name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Dictyota dichotoma (Hudson) J.V.Lamouroux
Origin of species name
Adjective (Latin), dichotomous, having divisions always in pairs (Stearn 1973).
Synonym(s)
No synonyms are currently included in AlgaeBase.
General environment
This is a marine species.
Type information
Type locality: Walney Island, Lancashire, England (Silva & al. 1996: 589). Notes: According to Womersley (1987: 194), the type is from England: probably lost. According to De Clerck (2003), a neotype needs to be selected.
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Created: 18 February 1999 by M.D. Guiry
Verified by: 11 February 2007 by M.D. Guiry
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Citing AlgaeBase
Cite this record as:
Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 2021.
AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. http://www.algaebase.org; searched on 26 January 2021.