Galapagos Species Database

Taxon category: Accepted

Syn.: Conferva clathrata Roth 1806, Enteromorpha clathrata (Roth) Greville 1830 Enteronia clathrata (Roth) Chevallier 1836, Enteromorpha ramulosa var. robusta Hauck, Enteromorpha paradoxa var. tenuissima Kützing, Scytosiphon clathratus var. uncinatus Lyngbye, Conferva crinita Roth 1797, Ulva muscoides Clemente 1807, Ulva ramulosa Smith 1810, Enteromorpha crinita Nees 1820, Enteromorpha clathrata var. uncinata (Lyngbye) Greville 1830, Enteromorpha ramulosa (Smith) Carmichael 1833, Enteronia rigidula Chevallier 1836, Ulva linkiana (Greville) Trevisan 1842, Zignoa ramulosa (J.E.Smith) Trevisan 1842, Enteromorpha ramulosa var. spinosa Kützing 1845, Enteromorpha complanata var. crinita (Nees) Kützing 1845, Enteromorpha clathrata var. ramulosa (J.E.Smith) Rabenhorst 1847, Enteromorpha gelatinosa Kützing 1849, Enteromorpha clathrata var. linkiana (Greville) Areschoug 1850, Enteromorpha clathrata var. mucosa P.Crouan & H.Crouan 1852, Enteromorpha spinescens Kützing 1856, Ulva clathrata f. prostrata Le Jolis 1863, Ulva clathrata f. gracilis Le Jolis 1863, Enteromorpha welwitschii J.Agardh 1883, Enteromorpha clathrata var. crinita (Nees) Hauck 1884, Enteromorpha clathrata var. prostrata (Le Jolis) Batters 1890, Enteromorpha clathrata var. gracilis (Le Jolis) Batters 1902, Enteromorpha ramulosa var. spinescens (Kützing) Chalon 1905, Enteromorpha ramulosa var. tenerrima Schiffner 1931, Enteromorpha ramulosa f. minima Schiffner 1933, Enteromorpha clathrata f. gracilis (Le Jolis) V.J.Chapman 1937, Enteromorpha clathrata f. linkiana (Greville) V.J.Chapman 1937, Enteromorpha prolifera var. crinita (Nees) V.J.Chapman 1956, Enteromorpha muscoides (Clemente) Cremades 1990 (Guiry & Guiry, 2021).

Origin: Native

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

Distribution: Galapagos I.: (E. crinita) Isabela (Silva, 1966). (U. clathrata) Atlantic Islands, Europe, Caribbean, Africa, Middle East, Asia, Australia and New Zealand, Pacific Islands, America: Baja California, California, Florida, Gulf of California, Mexico, Texas, Argentina, Brazil and Galapagos Islands (Guiry & Guiry, 2021).

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