Interesting Facts
Common Names
Common Names in English:
Chicory Sea Lettuce
Description
Habitat
Typically found in the intertidal zone at the water's edge at a mean distance from sea level of 36 meters (117 feet).[1]
Biome: Coastal.
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Plantae
()
- Haeckel, 1866
- Plants
- Subkingdom:
Viridaeplantae
()
- Cavalier-Smith, 1981
- Phylum:
Chlorophyta
()
- A. Pascher, 1914
- Green Algae
- Subphylum:
Chlorophytina
()
- Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Infraphylum:
Tetraphytae
()
- Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Class:
Ulvophyceae
()
- K.R. Mattox & K.D. Stewart, in D.E.G. Irvine & D.M. John, 1984
- Order:
Ulvales
()
- Blackman & Tansley
- Order:
Ulvales
(
- Class:
Ulvophyceae
(
- Infraphylum:
Tetraphytae
(
- Subphylum:
Chlorophytina
(
- Phylum:
Chlorophyta
(
- Subkingdom:
Viridaeplantae
(
- Kingdom:
Plantae
(
Notes
Name Status: Accepted Name .
Similar Species
Members of the genus Ulva
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 17 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in this genus:
U. fasciata (Papahapaha) · U. intestinalis var. suhrii (Swollen Laurenzia) · U. lactuca (Chicory Sea Lettuce) · U. lactuca bullosa (Chicory Sea Lettuce) · U. lactuca crispa (Chicory Sea Lettuce) · U. lactuca laciniata (Chicory Sea Lettuce) · U. lactuca macrogyna (Chicory Sea Lettuce) · U. lactuca mesenteriformis (Chicory Sea Lettuce) · U. lactuca myriotrema (Chicory Sea Lettuce) · U. lactuca pulvinata (Chicory Sea Lettuce) · U. lactuca rosulans (Chicory Sea Lettuce) · U. linza (Slender Sea Lettuce) · U. pertusa (Awosa) · U. rigida (Sea Lettuce) · U. rigida fimbriata (Sea Lettuce) · U. rigida laciniata (Sea Lettuce) · U. rigida tropica (Sea Lettuce)
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Further Reading
- Alaska / Harriman Alaska Expedition. New York: Doubleday, Page, 1901-1910. url p. 174.
- Alaska. New York, Doubleday, Page & company, 1901- url p. 174.
- Harriman Alaska series. City of Washington: Smithsonian Institution, 1910-1914. url p. 174.
- Harriman Alaska series. vol. I-V, VIII-XIV Washington, D.C., Smithsonian Institution, 1910-14 url p. 174.
Notes
Contributors
- AlgaeBase
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 16, 2012.
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed August 11, 2006. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 10 providers.
- Guiry, M.D. (from AlgaeBase).
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2835383
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Alg-17891
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 182915
Footnotes
- Standard Deviation = 125.880 based on 409 observations. Terrestrial altitude and ocean depth information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
