CHLOROPHYTA : Ulotrichales : Ulotrichaceae | GREEN ALGAE |
Description: Thallus of uniseriate filaments, usually unbranched, up to 10 cms long. Forms soft woolly masses. Sometimes attached by basal cell with rhizoids.
Habitat: Common in the upperr littoral in rock pools
Distribution: Widespread around the British Isles. Europe: Mediterranean, Azores, Spain and Portugal, N.France, Faroes, Baltic Sea, Norway and Iceland. Greenland. Atlantic coasts of North America: Canada, Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New Jersey, Delaware and Virginia. Further afield: the Canary Island, North Pacific from Alaska to California, New Zealand, Japan, South Africa and the subantartic.
Similar Species: Other species of Ulothrix, Urospora and Rhizoclonium, the distinction is microscopic.
Distribution Map from NBN: Ulothrix flacca at National Biodiversity Network mapping facility, data for UK.
iNaturalist: Ulothrix flacca at iNaturalist World Species Observations database.
WoRMS: Ulothrix flacca at World Register of Marine Species. Accepted name: Ulothrix flacca (Dillwyn) Thuret, 1863. AphiaID: 145925.
Classification: Biota; Plantae; Viridiplantae; Chlorophyta; Chlorophytina; Ulvophyceae; Ulotrichales; Ulotrichaceae; Ulothrix
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Morton, O. & Picton, B.E. (2024). Ulothrix flacca. (Dillwyn) Thuret. [In] Encyclopedia of Marine Life of Britain and Ireland. https://www2.habitas.org.uk/marbiop-ni/speciesaccounts.php?item=ZS510. Accessed on 2024-10-06 |