Higher Classification: > Kingdom Plantae > Subkingdom Viridiplantae > Division Chlorophyta > Subdivision Chlorophytina > Class Ulvophyceae > Order Cladophorales > Family Cladophoraceae

Cladophora Kützing, 1843

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Cladophora albida (Nees) Kutzing, 1843
Cladophora catenata Kützing, 1843
Cladophora coelothrix Kützing, 1843
Cladophora conferta P.Crouan & H.Crouan, 1865
Cladophora crystallina (Roth) Kützing, 1843
Cladophora cymopoliae Børgesen, 1925
Cladophora dalmatica Kützing, 1843
Cladophora flexuosa (O.F.Müller) Kützing, 1843
Cladophora fracta (O.F.Müller ex Vahl) Kützing, 1843
Cladophora globulina (Kützing) Kützing, 1845
Cladophora glomerata (Linnaeus) Kützing, 1843
Cladophora hutchinsiae (Dillwyn) Kützing, 1845
Cladophora inclusa Børgesen, 1925
Cladophora laetevirens (Dillwyn) Kützing, 1843
Cladophora lehmanniana (Lindenberg) Kützing, 1843
Cladophora liebetruthii Grunow, 1884
Cladophora liniformis Kützing, 1849
Cladophora michaelensis O.C.Schmidt, 1929
Cladophora nigrescens Zanardini ex Frauenfeld, 1855
Cladophora parriaudii van den Hoek, 1963
Cladophora prolifera (Roth) Kützing, 1843
Cladophora retroflexa (Bonnemaison ex P.L.Crouan & H.M.Crouan) G.Hamel, 1929
Cladophora ruchingeri (C.Agardh) Kützing, 1845
Cladophora rupestris (Linnaeus) Kützing, 1843
Cladophora sericea (Hudson) Kützing, 1843
Cladophora sivashensis C.Meyer, 1922
Cladophora socialis Kützing, 1849
Cladophora theotonii O.C.Schmidt, 1929
Cladophora vadorum (J.E.Areschoug) Kützing, 1849
Cladophora vagabunda (Linnaeus) Hoek, 1963
Cladophora weizenbauii O.C.Schmidt, 1929

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Dutch: rotswier sources: Eneman, E.; Kerckhof, F. (1983). From the Natural History Archive (continued) [Uit het Natuurhistorisch Archief (vervolg)]. De Strandvlo 3(3): 66-80

Japanese: シオグサ属 sources: Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology. (2009 onwards). Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL). Accessed on 2018-11-21.

Norwegian Bokmål: grønndusk (slekt) sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Norwegian Nynorsk: grøndusk (slekt)

Literature

original description	Kützing, F. T. (1843). Phycologia generalis : oder Anatomie. Physiologie und Systemkunde der tange. [part 1]: [i]-xxxii, [1]-142, [part 2:] 143-458, 1, err.], pls 1-80.
basis of record	Guiry, M.D. (2001). Macroalgae of Rhodophycota, Phaeophycota, Chlorophycota, and two genera of Xanthophycota, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 20-38
additional source	Silva, P. C.; Basson, P. W.; Moe, R. L. (1996). Catalogue of the benthic marine algae of the Indian Ocean. University of California Publications in Botany. 79: 1-1259.
additional source	Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. (2025). AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. searched on YYYY-MM-DD.

Genbank

Taxonomy

Published in AlgaeBase

Citation

Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. (2025). AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway (taxonomic information republished from AlgaeBase with permission of M.D. Guiry). Cladophora Kützing, 1843. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:143996