Species:

Ulva linza Linnaeus

Rysjegrønske in Norwegian

Classification

The species Ulva linza belongs to:

Photos

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Species

Ulva linza

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Sampling location

Kjelstraumen, Austrheim, Hordaland

Sampling date

2008-04-11

Published

2010-03-07

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• Thallus
• Habit

Note: Unbranched thallus that can grow up to 30 cm long and 5 cm wide. The light green flattened thallus is only hollow along the margins, and this gives the species the characteristic wavy appearance. The species grows on rock in the intertidal and in rock-pools, but is not a very common species.

Closest relatives

Other species in the same genus (Ulva):

• Ulva clathrata (Roth) C. Agardh
  
  • Buskgrønske in Norwegian
• Ulva compressa Linnaeus  (2)
  
  • Greina tarmgrønske in Norwegian Nynorsk
  • Grenet tarmgrønske in Norwegian Bokmål
• 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 prolifera O. F. Müller
• Ulva pseudorotundata Cormaci, G. Furnari & Alongi
• Ulva torta (Mertens) Trevisan