Ulva prolifera O.F.Müller 1778

Publication Details
Ulva prolifera O.F.Müller 1778: 7, pl. DCCLXIII [763]: fig. 1

Published in: Müller, O.F. (1778). Flora danica. Vol. 5 (fasc. 13) pp. 8, pls 721-780. Havniae [Copenhagen].

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Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Ulva is Ulva lactuca Linnaeus.

Status of Name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.

Type Information
Type locality: "U. p. tubulosa simplex teres, adultior compressiuscula. In fossa ad Nebbelund Lalandiae" [Lolland, Denmark]; Lectotype: Müller, 1778: pl. 763, fig. 1: Thallus of D11 strain cultured by Hiraoka fro zoid produced by the thallus originally collected by Takano at the southern coast of Nebbelunde (54°38.933'N, 11°21.583'E) in Lolland Island, Denmark, 14 August 2010, HHIRAOKA001 deposited in Herb. of Kochi Un (epitype) (Cui et al. 2018) Notes: Isoepitypes: HIRAOKA002-004 deposited in Usa Marine Biological Institute, Kochi University. Womersley (1984; 156, 157) reports that the type is from Lolland, Denmark and that it has been lost. Lolland Island, Denmark (O'Kelly et al. 2010).

Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), producing offsets, bearing progeny as offshoots (Stearn 1983).

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 27 October 1998 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 27 January 2025

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Taxonomic notes
John et al. (2004) cite Enteromorpha torta (Mert.) Reinb. as a synonym of this species. - (11 May 2006) - G.M. Guiry
Partial gamete incompatibility with Ulva linza (Cui et al., 2018). - (18 January 2019) - G.M. Guiry

Distributional note
Results of studies carried out by O'Kelly et al. (2010) suggest that Ulva populations in tropical and subtropical regions consist of species that are largely unique to these areas, for which the application of names based on types from temperate and boreal European and North American waters is inappropriate. - (01 September 2010) - G.M. Guiry

Habitat note
Usually in marine and brackish waters. However, it has been reported from freshwater pools and salt marshes, as well. Molecular data indicates that freshwater samples are genetically distinct from the marine/brackish polulations (Shimada et al. 2008). - (15 March 2018) - M.D. Guiry

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