Enteromorpha compressa (Linnaeus) Nees 1820
Current name:
Ulva compressa Linnaeus
1. Habit. 2. Surface view of cells. 3. Transverse section. 4. On intertidal cement blocks (Xom Con, Nhatrang city, Vietnam). - 09 March 2012. Eduard and Tamara Titlyanova (etitlyanov@mail.ru)
Publication Details
Enteromorpha compressa (Linnaeus) Nees 1820: Index (2)
Published in: Nees, C.G. (1820). Horae physicae Berolinenses collectae ex symbolis virorum doctorum H. Linkii...; edicuravit Christianus Godof. Nees ab Esenbeck.. pp. [i-xii], 1-123, [4], 27 pls. Bonnae [Bonn]: Sumtibus Adolphi Marcus.
Request PDFType Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Enteromorpha is Enteromorpha intestinalis (Linnaeus) Nees.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Ulva compressa Linnaeus.
Basionym
Ulva compressa Linnaeus
Type Information
Type locality: "Habitat in Europae mari & tectis maritimis" [Probably Bognor, Sussex, England]; (Hayden & al. 2003: 289) Lectotype: Dillenius (1742: pl. 9: fig. 8) (epitype) OXF; (Hayden & al. 2003: 289) Notes: Northern Europe (Lipkin & Silva 2002).
Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), flattened, usually laterally (Stearn 1983).
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 31 March 1996 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 24 March 2022
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Nomenclatural note
Nomenclature explained in Silva et al. (1996). - (11 May 2006) - G.M. Guiry
Taxonomic note
According to Burrows (1991) this species is a synonym of Enteromorpha intestinalis (Linnaeus) Link. - (11 May 2006) - G.M. Guiry
Distributional note
Huisman (2000) notes that this is a cosmopolitan species. - (11 May 2006) - G.M. Guiry
Habitat note
Widespread in warm and temperate seas, penetrating boreal waters. On Caulerpa racemosa, C. sertularioides and Thalassia hemprichii; epilithic; on Halimeda discoidea in Chondrophycus papillosus community (Lipkin & Silva 2002). - (16 June 2010) - G.M. Guiry
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 24 March 2022. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 08 April 2025
