Ulothrix flacca
Scientific classification Edit this classification
(unranked): Viridiplantae
Division: Chlorophyta
Class: Ulvophyceae
Order: Ulotrichales
Family: Ulotrichaceae
Genus: Ulothrix
Species:
U. flacca
Binomial name
Ulothrix flacca
(Dillwyn) Thuret, 1863

Ulothrix flacca is a small filamentous marine algae.

Description

This species grows as small tufts of green unbranched filaments growing to no more than 10 cm long forming woolly masses. Cells 14.4 - 32.6μm broad and 4.8-9.6μm [1][2]Ulothrix pseudoflacca and Ulothrix consociata are considered to be forms of Ulothrix flacca by some biologists. Sometimes difficult to distinguish Ulothrix from Urospora.[2]

Distribution

Common all around the British Isles. Recorded from Scandinavia south to Portugal, in the Mediterranean and the Black Sea. Also all around the world into the Pacific.[2]

Habitat

It is found on rocks, stones and epiphytically on other algae.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Newton, L. 1931. A Handbook of the British Seaweeds. British Museum
  2. 1 2 3 4 Burrows, E.M.1991. Seaweeds of the British Isles Volume 2 Chlorophyta. Natural History Museum, LondonISBN 0-565-00981-8
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