Species:
Ulva compressa Linnaeus
Greina tarmgrønske in Norwegian Nynorsk
Grenet tarmgrønske in Norwegian Bokmål
Classification
The species Ulva compressa belongs to:
Photos
Photos of Ulva compressa (2):
1 of 2: Habit
Note: Thallus can normally be to around 20 cm, it is tubular and compressed and normally much branched. In a microscopic view the chloroplasts are hood-shaped and normally placed in the apical part of the cell, having one pyrenoid. The species is common in the intertidal and in the sublittoral fringe.
2 of 2: Microscopic view
Closest relatives
Other species in the same genus (Ulva):
- Ulva clathrata (Roth) C. Agardh
- Buskgrønske in Norwegian
- Ulva fenestrata Postels & Ruprecht (4)
- Havsalat in Norwegian
- Sea lettuce in English
- Ulva flexuosa Wulfen
- Ulva intestinalis Linnaeus (3)
- Tarmgrønske in Norwegian
- Sea grass in English
- Ulva kylinii (Bliding) H. S. Hayden, Blomster, Maggs, P. C. Silva, M. J. Stanhope & J. RWaaland
- Ulva lacinulata (Kützing) Wittrock
- Ulva linza Linnaeus (1)
- Rysjegrønske in Norwegian
- Ulva prolifera O. F. Müller
- Ulva pseudorotundata Cormaci, G. Furnari & Alongi
- Ulva torta (Mertens) Trevisan
