Galapagos Species Database

The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.

Ulva flexuosa Wulfen

alga verde, Green algae

 Ulva flexuosa , CDS specimen herbarium. Photo: Bravo, L..
Ulva flexuosa , CDS specimen herbarium. Photo: Bravo, L..

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Plantae

Phylum
Chlorophyta

Class
Ulvophyceae

Order
Ulvales

Family
Ulvaceae

Genus
Ulva

Species
flexuosa

Taxon category: Accepted

Syn.: Enteromorpha flexuosa (Wulfen) J.Agardh 1883, Conferva flexuosa Roth 1800, Enteromorpha intestinalis var. tubulosa Kützing 1845, Enteromorpha tubulosa (Kützing) Kützing 1856, Enteromorpha lingulata J.Agardh 1883, Enteromorpha compressa var. lingulata (J.Agardh) Hauck 1884, Enteromorpha prolifera var. tubulosa (Kützing) Batters 1902, Enteromorpha intestinalis f. tubulosa (Kützing) V.J.Chapman 1937, Enteromorpha tubulosa var. ramosa Schiffner 1938, Enteromorpha lingulata var. elongata Schiffner 1938, Enteromorpha lingulata f. genuina Schiffner 1938, Enteromorpha tubulosa var. vermiculata Schiffner 1938 (Guiry & Guiry, 2021). Taylor 1945: 38, as Enteromorpha tubulosa Kützing, prox.

Origin: Native

Distribution

Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.

References

  • Garske, L.E. (2002) Macroalgas Marinas. In: Danulat, E. & Edgar, G.J. (eds.) (2002): Reserva Marina de Galápagos. Línea Base de la Biodiversidad. Fundación Charles Darwin/Servicio Parque Nacional Galápagos, Santa Cruz, Galápagos, Ecuador, p. 419-439.
  • Guiry, M.D. Guiry, G.M. (2021) AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. http://www.algaebase.org
  • Taylor, E.H. (1942) Some geckos of the genus Phyllodactylus. Univ. Kansas Sci. Bull. 28: 91-112.
  • Silva, P.C. (1966) Status of our knowledge of the Galapagos benthic marine algal flora prior to the Galapagos International Scientific Project. In: Bowman, R.I. (ed.): The Galapagos Islands Symposium of the Galapagos International Scientific Project. University of California Press, Berkeley, p. 149-156.
  • Miller, K.A. Garske, L.E. (2011) Galápagos Seaweeds. unpublished manuscript, 49 pp.
  • Horton, T. Horton, T., Kroh, A., Ahyong, S., Bailly, N., Boyko, C. B., Brandão, S. N., Gofas, S., Hooper, J. N. A., Hernandez, F., Holovachov, O., Mees, J., Molodtsova, T. N., Paulay, G., Decock, W., Dekeyzer, S., Poffyn, G., Vandepitte, L., Vanhoorne, B., Adlard, R., ... Zhao, Z. (2021) World Register of Marine Species. Available from https://www.marinespecies.org at VLIZ.

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"Galapagos Species Database, Ulva flexuosa", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=11389. Accessed 27 December 2024.