Ulva acanthophora is a species of benthic subtropical seaweed in the Ulvaceae family that can be found in California and Mexico.[1]

Ulva acanthophora
Scientific classification Edit this classification
(unranked): Viridiplantae
Division: Chlorophyta
Class: Ulvophyceae
Order: Ulvales
Family: Ulvaceae
Genus: Ulva
Species:
U. acanthophora
Binomial name
Ulva acanthophora
(Kützing) Hayden, Blomster, Maggs, P.C. Silva, Stanhope & J.R. Waaland, 2003
Synonyms
  • Enteromorpha acanthophora Kützing, 1849
  • Enteromorpha ramulosa var. acanthophora (Kützing) V.J.Chapman, 1956

References edit

  1. ^ Hayden, H.S.; Blomster, J.; Maggs, C.A.; Silva, P.C.; Stanhope, M.J.; Waaland, J.R. (2003). "Linnaeus was right all along: Ulva and Enteromorpha are not distinct genera". European Journal of Phycology. pp. 277–294.