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

Rhizoclonium riparium (Roth) Harvey, 1849

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Rhizoclonium*	Kützing, 1843	accepted genus name
*Rama*	V.J.Chapman, 1952	synonym
*Spongopsis*	Kützing, 1843	synonym

Species group names

*Conferva implexa*	Dillwyn, 1809	synonym
*Conferva riparia*	Roth, 1806	synonym
*Rhizoclonium implexum*	(Dillwyn) Kützing, 1845	synonym
*Rhizoclonium kochianum*	Kützing, 1845	synonym
*Rhizoclonium riparium var. implexum*	(Dillwyn) Rosenvinge, 1893	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Danish: grøn rodtråd sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Japanese: ホソネダシグサ 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: kryptråd sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Norwegian Nynorsk: kryptråd

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	Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
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.
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	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	Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp.
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	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.
new combination reference	Harvey, W. H. (1849). A manual of the British marine algae: containing generic and specific descriptions of all the known British species of sea-weeds. With plates to illustrate all the genera. London: John Van Voorst, Paternoster Row. pp. [i]-lii, [1]-252, 27 pls.

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). Rhizoclonium riparium (Roth) Harvey, 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:145075