Ulva lactuca

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Interesting Facts

Common Names

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Description

Habitat

Typically found in the intertidal zone at the water's edge at a mean distance from sea level of 25 meters (82 feet).[1]

Biome: Coastal.

Taxonomy

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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Notes

Contributors

• Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 16, 2012.

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal May 14, 2008:

• Australian National Herbarium (CANB)
• Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum: Bishop Museum Natural History Specimen Data
• Biologische Anstalt Helgoland in the Foundation Alfred-Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research: AWI-Herbarium Marine Macroalgae
• GBIF-Sweden: Herbarium of Oskarshamn (OHN)
• Icelandic Institute of Natural History: Herbarium (AMNH)
• Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University: A Biological Survey of the Waters of Woods Hole and Vacinity
• Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University: AIMS - Bioresources Library (OBIS Australia)
• Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University: Bay of Fundy Species List (OBIS Canada)
• Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University: BioMar
• Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University: Bolus Herbarium Algal Specimen Database (AfrOBIS)
• Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University: South Western Pacific Regional OBIS Data All Sea Bio Subset (South Western P acific OBIS)
• Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University: Taxonomic Information Sytem for the Belgian coastal area
• National Chemical Laboratory: Biological Collection, National Institute of Oceanography, Goa, India
• National Chemical Laboratory: IndOBIS, Indian Ocean Node of OBIS
• National Herbarium of New South Wales: NSW herbarium collection
• The Danish Biodiversity Information Facility: Botanical Museum, Copenhagen, the Phycology Herbarium
• The New York Botanical Garden: Bronx River Bioblitz
• UK National Biodiversity Network: Marine Conservation Society - Seasearch Marine Surveys

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 3870117
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Alg-39
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 5213960
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 194213

Footnotes

1. Standard Deviation = 196.810 based on 1,083 observations. Terrestrial altitude and ocean depth information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]

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