Higher Classification: > Kingdom Plantae > Subkingdom Biliphyta > Division Rhodophyta > Subdivision Eurhodophytina > Class Florideophyceae > Subclass Nemaliophycidae > Order Nemaliales > Suborder Nemaliineae > Family Nemaliaceae > Genus Nemalion

Nemalion elminthoides (Velley) Batters, 1902

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Nemalion*	Duby, 1830	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Fucus elminthoides*	Velley, 1792	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

English: sea noodle sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

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

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

Swedish: slemtråd sources: Dyntaxa. (2013). Swedish Taxonomic Database. Accessed at www.dyntaxa.se [15-01-2013].

Ukrainian: Немаліон глистовидний

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	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	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	Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
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). Nemalion elminthoides (Velley) Batters, 1902. 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:145765