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

Chaetomorpha ligustica (Kützing) Kützing, 1849

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Chaetomorpha*	Kützing, 1845	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Chaetomorpha capillaris var. crispa*	Schousboe ex Feldmann, 1937	synonym
*Chaetomorpha mediterranea var. crispa*	(Feldmann) Gallardo et al., 1993	synonym
*Conferva arenosa*	Carmichael, 1833	synonym
*Conferva ligustica*	Kützing, 1843	synonym
*Rhizoclonium arenosum*	(Carmichael) Kützing, 1849	synonym
*Rhizoclonium lubricum*	Setchell & N.L.Gardner, 1919	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Danish: fin børstetråd sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Dutch: kroesjeswier sources: Coppejans, E. (1998). Flora van de Noord-Franse en Belgische zeewieren [Marine algae of northern France and Belgium]. Nationale Plantentuin van België: Meise, Belgium. ISBN 90-72619-41-2. 462 pp.

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

Norwegian Nynorsk: viklesnøre

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	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). Chaetomorpha ligustica (Kützing) 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:145026