Enteromorpha cornucopiae (Lyngbye) Carmichael

Classification:
Empire Eukaryota
Kingdom Plantae
Subkingdom Viridiplantae
Infrakingdom Chlorophyta infrakingdom
Phylum Chlorophyta
Subphylum Chlorophytina
Class Ulvophyceae
Order Ulvales
Family Ulvaceae
Genus Enteromorpha

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Publication details
Enteromorpha cornucopiae (Lyngbye) Carmichael

Type species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Enteromorpha is Enteromorpha intestinalis (Linnaeus) Nees.

Status of name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Ulva intestinalis f. cornucopiae (Lyngbye) Sfriso & Curiel

Basionym
Scytosiphon intestinalis var. cornucopiae Lyngbye

Type information
Type locality: Faeroes (Silva, Basson & Moe 1996: 735).

Origin of species name
Adjective (Latin), resembling the Horn of Plenty.

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

General environment
This is a marine species.

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
Sfriso, A. & Curiel, D. (2007). Check-list of seaweeds recorded in the last 20 years in Venice lagoon, and a comparison with the previous records. Botanica Marina 50: 22-58.

Created: 26 April 2002 by M.D. Guiry

Verified by: 11 June 2012 by M.D. Guiry

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Citing AlgaeBase
Cite this record as:
Michael Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 2019. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. http://www.algaebase.org; searched on 16 October 2019.