Ulvophycean green algae
Ulvophyceae
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 Ulvophytes are diverse in their morphology and their habitat. Most are seaweeds such as those listed above. Others, such as Rhizoclonium, Pithophora and some species of Cladophora live in fresh water and in some areas are considered weeds.
11 branches of this class, most-observed first
Sea Lettuces and Allies
orderUlvales
Bryopsidales
orderBryopsidales
Orange Terrestrial Algae
orderTrentepohliales
Cladophorales
orderCladophorales
Dasycladales
orderDasycladales
Codiolales
orderCodiolales
Ulotrichales
orderUlotrichales
Blastophysa
genusBlastophysa
Scotinosphaerales
orderScotinosphaerales
Chlorocystidales
orderChlorocystidales
Oltmannsiellopsidales
orderOltmannsiellopsidales
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the stacks
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 51429.