Ulva laciniata Lightfoot 1777
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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with Cryptopleura ramosa and Rhodophyllis divaricata, Ría de A Coruña, Galicia, Spain, 2015. Ignacio Bárbara. © Ignacio Bárbara (barbara@udc.es).
with Cryptopleura ramosa, Barizo, Galicia, Spain, 2015. Ignacio Bárbara. © Ignacio Bárbara (barbara@udc.es).
Type in BM (formerly in K). 01 Jan 0001. © Natural History Museum London.
Ría de Ferrol, Galicia, Spain, 2014. Ignacio Barbara. © Ignacio Barbara.
Ría de Ferrol, Galicia, Spain, 2014. Ignacio Barbara. © Ignacio Barbara.
Ría de Ferrol, Galicia, Spain, 2014. Ignacio Barbara. © Ignacio Barbara.
Ría de Ferrol, Galicia, Spain, 2014. Ignacio Barbara. © Ignacio Barbara.
Ría de Ferrol, Galicia, Spain, 2014. Ignacio Barbara. © Ignacio Barbara.
East of the Skerries, Portrush, Co. Antrim, Northern Ireland. 06 Aug 2013. Francis Bunker. © Francis Bunker (fbunker@marineseen.com).
South of Portugal, 2011. 01 Jan 0001. Ignacio Bárbara. © Ignacio Bárbara (barbara@udc.es).
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Erythroglossum laciniatum (Lightfoot) Maggs & Hommersand East of the Skerries, Portrush, Co. Antrim, Northern Ireland
© Francis Bunker (fbunker@marineseen.com)
Publication details
Ulva laciniata Lightfoot 1777: 974, pl. XXXIII
Published in: Lightfoot, J. (1777). Flora scotica: or, a systematic arrangement, in the Linnaean method, of the native plants of Scotland and the Hebrides. Vol. II. pp. 545-1151 [1-24], pls 1-35. London: printed for B. White at Horace's Head, in Fleet-Street. Download PDF
Publication date: October 1777
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 Erythroglossum laciniatum (Lightfoot) Maggs & Hommersand
Origin of species name
Adjective (Latin), slashed into narrow divisions with tapering, pointed incisions (Stearn 1973).
Synonym(s)
No synonyms are currently included in AlgaeBase.
General environment
This is a marine species.
Type information
Type locality: Iona [Scotland] (Silva & al. 1996: 92). Type: undated; BM 000807060 Notes: Index Nominum Algarum notes that type informtion is fide Maggs & Hommersand (1993).
No distributions recorded
No distributional records for this taxon have been recorded by AlgaeBase to date. Generally, recent national lists or extensive regional or state lists have been employed to give a general indication of distribution.
Source of current name
Maggs, C.A. & Hommersand, M.H. (1993). Seaweeds of the British Isles. Volume 1. Rhodophyta. Part 3A. Ceramiales. pp. [i]-xv, 1-444, 129 figs, map. London: HMSO.
Created: 05 April 1999 by M.D. Guiry
Verified by: 25 February 2015 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 28 January 2021.