CHLOROPHYTA : Ulvales : Ulvaceae | GREEN ALGAE |
Description: Thallus small to 10 cms long of fine unbranched filaments of two rows of cells (biseriate).
Habitat: Inconspicuous. Growing as tangled masses on mud in the littoral or brackish water.
Distribution: Widespread athroughout the British Isles. Europe: Spain, France, Netherlands, Baltic Sea, Norway, Sweden, Faroes, Spitzbergen and Iceland. Greenland. Atlantic coast of North America: Canada, Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland and Virginia. Further afield: Canary Islands, Pacific coast of North America from Alaska to California, Japan and South Africa.
Key Identification Features:
Distribution Map from NBN: Percursaria percursa at National Biodiversity Network mapping facility, data for UK.
iNaturalist: Percursaria percursa at iNaturalist World Species Observations database.
WoRMS: Percursaria percursa at World Register of Marine Species. Accepted name: Percursaria percursa (C.Agardh) Rosenvinge, 1893. AphiaID: 145979.
Classification: Biota; Plantae; Viridiplantae; Chlorophyta; Chlorophytina; Ulvophyceae; Ulvales; Ulvaceae; Percursaria
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Morton, O. & Picton, B.E. (2024). Percursaria percursa. (C Agardh) Rosenvinge. [In] Encyclopedia of Marine Life of Britain and Ireland. https://www2.habitas.org.uk/marbiop-ni/speciesaccounts.php?item=ZS2010. Accessed on 2024-07-07 |