Skip to main content

Ulva intestinalis L.

Reference
Sp.Pl. [Linnaeus] 2:1163 (1753)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Scientific Description

Habit and structure. Thallus medium to dark green, erect and basally attached, 2–15 cm high, unbranched, terete and broadening above to 4–6 mm. Cells un-ordered throughout the thallus, polygonal to rounded, 10–14(–18) µm long by (8–)10–14 µm broad; chloroplast laminate with one (rarely two) pyrenoids.

Reproduction. Generations isomorphic, gametophytes dioecious, anisogamous.

Distribution. Cosmopolitan?

[After Womersley, Mar. Benthic Fl. Southern Australia I: 170 (1984), as Enteromorpha intestinalis]

John Huisman & Cheryl Parker, 3 August 2021

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Swan Coastal Plain.
IBRA Subregions
Perth.
IMCRA Regions
Leeuwin-Naturaliste.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Fremantle, Murray, Perth, Rockingham.