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Ulva intestinalis L.

Reference
Sp.Pl. [Linnaeus] 2:1163 (1753)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current
1000 km
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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.