Ulvaria | |
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Ulvaria splendens | |
Scientific classification | |
(unranked): | Viridiplantae |
Division: | Chlorophyta |
Class: | Ulvophyceae |
Order: | Ulvales |
Family: | Ulvaceae |
Genus: | Ulvaria Ruprecht, 1850 |
Species | |
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Ulvaria is a genus of green algae in the family Ulvaceae. [1] It is similar to Ulva , but rather than being two cells thick, it is only one, despite its darker colour.
The Ulvophyceae or ulvophytes are a class of green algae, distinguished mainly on the basis of ultrastructural morphology, life cycle and molecular phylogenetic data. The sea lettuce, Ulva, belongs here. Other well-known members include Caulerpa, Codium, Acetabularia, Cladophora, Trentepohlia and Monostroma.
The sea lettuces comprise the genus Ulva, a group of edible green algae that is widely distributed along the coasts of the world's oceans. The type species within the genus Ulva is Ulva lactuca, lactuca being Latin for "lettuce". The genus also includes the species previously classified under the genus Enteromorpha, the former members of which are known under the common name green nori.
Ulva lactuca, also known by the common name sea lettuce, is an edible green alga in the family Ulvaceae. It is the type species of the genus Ulva. A synonym is U. fenestrata, referring to its "windowed" or "holed" appearance.
Ulvaceae is a widely distributed family of thin green algae having either a flat or a hollow tubular thallus, reproducing by the conjugation of planogametes or of zoospores, and being classed among the Ulotrichales or now more commonly placed in the order Ulvales.
Ulva intestinalis is a green alga in the family Ulvaceae, known by the common names sea lettuce, green bait weed, gutweed, and grass kelp. Until they were reclassified by genetic work completed in the early 2000s, the tubular members of the sea lettuce genus Ulva were placed in the genus Enteromorpha.
Ulva atroviridis is a species of blackish-green coloured seaweed in the family Ulvaceae that can be found in Port Nolloth of Cape Province in South Africa and in Namibia.
Ulva brevistipita is a species of blackish-green coloured seaweed in the family Ulvaceae that can be found in Australia and New Zealand.
Ulva bifrons is a species of blackish-green coloured seaweed in the family Ulvaceae that can be found in Sezimbra, Portugal, in France and Spain, and Balearic islands.
Ulva crassa is a species of blackish-green coloured seaweed in Ulvaceae family that is endemic to New Zealand. The name comes from Latin meaning thick.
Ulva profunda is a species of seaweed in the family Ulvaceae that can be found in US state of Florida, India, and the island of Mauritius.
Ulva laingii is a species of seaweed in the family Ulvaceae that can be found in Australia and New Zealand.
Ulva grandis is a species of seaweed in the family Ulvaceae that is endemic to Kiamari, Pakistan. The name comes from Latin meaning large.
Ulva polyclada is a species of seaweed in the family Ulvaceae that can be found in Australia and New Zealand.
Ulva ohnoi is a species of light-green coloured seaweed in the family Ulvaceae that is endemic to Japan.
Ulvaria obscura is an intertidal and subtidal benthic marine algae found in temperate and Arctic ocean waters around the world.