Ulothrix flacca

Ulothrix flacca
Scientific 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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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

References[edit]

^ Newton, L. 1931. A Handbook of the British Seaweeds. British Museum
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Burrows, E.M.1991. Seaweeds of the British Isles Volume 2 Chlorophyta. Natural History Museum, LondonISBN 0-565-00981-8

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[1] Newton, L. 1931. A Handbook of the British Seaweeds. British Museum

[Burrows-2] Burrows, E.M.1991. Seaweeds of the British Isles Volume 2 Chlorophyta. Natural History Museum, LondonISBN 0-565-00981-8

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