Higher Classification: > Kingdom Plantae > Subkingdom Biliphyta > Division Rhodophyta > Subdivision Eurhodophytina > Class Bangiophyceae > Subclass Bangiophycidae > Order Bangiales > Family Bangiaceae > Genus Porphyra

Porphyra linearis Greville, 1830

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Porphyra*	C.Agardh, 1824	accepted genus name

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Danish: smal purpurhinde sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

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

Norwegian Nynorsk: smal fjørehinne sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Swedish: smalsloke

Literature

original description	Greville, R.K. (1830). Algae britannicae, or, descriptions of the marine and other inarticulated plants of the British Islands, belonging to the order Algae. Maclachlan & Stewart: Edingburgh, UK. pp. [i-iii], [i]-lxxxviii, [1]-218, pl. 1-19.
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	Linkletter, L. E. (1977). A checklist of marine fauna and flora of the Bay of Fundy. Huntsman Marine Laboratory, St. Andrews, N.B. 68: p.
additional source	South, G. R.;Tittley, I. (1986). A checklist and distributional index of the benthic marine algae of the North Atlantic Ocean. untsman Marine Laboratory. St. Andrews, New Brunswick. 1-76.
additional source	Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
additional source	Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp.
additional source	Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. (2025). AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. searched on YYYY-MM-DD.
additional source	Sears, J.R. (ed.). 1998. NEAS keys to the benthic marine algae of the northeastern coast of North America from Long Island Sound to the Strait of Belle Isle. Northeast Algal Society. 163 p.

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). Porphyra linearis Greville, 1830. 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:144431