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

Chaetomorpha aerea (Dillwyn) Kützing, 1849

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Chaetomorpha*	Kützing, 1845	accepted genus name
*Chaetomorpha adrianii*	Feldmann, 1936	taxonomically included in
*Chaetomorpha aerea*	(Dillwyn) Kützing, 1849	taxonomically included in
*Chaetomorpha antennina*	(Bory) Kützing, 1847	taxonomically included in
*Chaetomorpha capillaris*	(Kützing) Børgesen, 1925	taxonomically included in
*Chaetomorpha crassa*	(C.Agardh) Kützing, 1845	taxonomically included in
*Chaetomorpha fibrosa*	(Kützing) Kützing, 1843	taxonomically included in
*Chaetomorpha gracilis*	Kützing, 1845	taxonomically included in
*Chaetomorpha implexa*	Feldmann, 1954	taxonomically included in
*Chaetomorpha ligustica*	(Kützing) Kützing, 1849	taxonomically included in
*Chaetomorpha linum*	(O.F.Müller) Kützing, 1845	taxonomically included in
*Chaetomorpha litorea*	Harvey, 1858	taxonomically included in
*Chaetomorpha mediterranea*	(Kützing) Kützing, 1849	taxonomically included in
*Chaetomorpha melagonium*	(F.Weber & D.Mohr) Kützing, 1845	taxonomically included in
*Chaetomorpha pachynema*	(Montagne) Kützing, 1847	taxonomically included in
*Chaetomorpha tortuosa*	(Dillwyn) Kleen, 1874	taxonomically included in
*Chaetomorpha vieillardii*	(Kützing) M.J.Wynne, 2011	taxonomically included in
*Chaetomorpha zernovii*	Woronichin, 1925	taxonomically included in

Species group names

*Conferva aerea*	Dillwyn, 1806	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Dutch: borstelwier sources: Leewis, R. (2002). Flora en fauna van de zee [Marine flora and fauna]. Veldgids, 16. KNNV Uitgeverij: Utrecht, The Netherlands. ISBN 90-5011-153-X. 320 pp.

Japanese: タルガタジュズモ 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: fjærepyttsnøre sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Norwegian Nynorsk: fjørepyttsnøre

Literature

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	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	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.
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	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	Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 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	Fredericq, S., T. O. Cho, S. A. Earle, C. F. Gurgel, D. M. Krayesky, L. E. Mateo-Cid, A. C. Mendoza-González, J. N. Norris, and A. M. Suárez. 2009. Seaweeds of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 187–259 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. I. Biodiversity, pp. 187-259. Texas A&M Univ. Press.
new combination reference	Kützing, F.T. (1849). Species Algarum. F. A. Brockhaus: Lipsiae (Leipzig). VI-922 pp.

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). Chaetomorpha aerea (Dillwyn) Kützing, 1849. 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:145020